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.
SUBCULTURE
subculture
(noun) a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
subculture (plural subcultures)
A portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features.
(biology) A culture made by transferring microorganisms from a previous culture to a fresh growth medium
Verb
subculture (third-person singular simple present subcultures, present participle subculturing, simple past and past participle subcultured)
(biology) To transfer (microorganisms) to a fresh growth medium in order to start a new culture
Source: Wiktionary
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HYPOTHETICAL
(noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; “consider the following, just as a hypothetical”
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