Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
STOOGE
butt, goat, laughingstock, stooge
(noun) a victim of ridicule or pranks
flunky, flunkey, stooge, yes-man
(noun) a person of unquestioning obedience
stooge
(verb) act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner; “He stooged for the flamboyant Senator”
stooge
(verb) act as the stooge; “His role was to stooge for the popular comedian”
stooge
(verb) cruise in slow or routine flights
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stooge (plural stooges)
One who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit; a dupe.
Synonym: Thesaurus:loyal follower
(comedy) A straight man.
A secret informant for police.
(psychology) A confederate; a person who is secretly working for the researcher, unknown to the study participant.
Verb
stooge (third-person singular simple present stooges, present participle stooging, simple past and past participle stooged)
(intransitive) To act as a straight man.
Anagrams
• Otsego, goes to
Source: Wiktionary
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