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.
SUNBELT
Sunbelt
(noun) states in the south and southwest that have a warm climate and tend to be politically conservative
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sunbelt (plural sunbelts)
A geographical region loosely described as the southern and western states of the USA where the weather is typically sunny.
A political geographical region approximately the same as above, where the voting tendency of the population is right wing.
Anagrams
• nublets, unbelts, unblest
Source: Wiktionary
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