The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
STYLOGRAPHY
Etymology
style (stylus) + -graphy
Noun
stylography (uncountable)
The process of drawing or writing using a stylus onto a wax tablet, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Sty*log"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Style + -graphy.]
Definition: A mode of writing or tracing lines by means of a style on cards or tablets.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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