An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
TEETOTAL
dry, teetotal
(adjective) practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; “he’s been dry for ten years”; “no thank you; I happen to be teetotal”
teetotal
(verb) practice teetotalism and abstain from the consumption of alcoholic beverages
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
teetotal (comparative more teetotal, superlative most teetotal)
Abstinent from alcohol; never drinking alcohol.
Synonyms: on the wagon, straightedge
Antonyms: alcoholic, dipsomaniac, drunkard
Opposed to the drinking of alcohol.
(dated, emphatic) Total.
Noun
teetotal (plural teetotals)
One who abstains from drinking alcohol.
Synonyms: teetotaler, pioneer
Source: Wiktionary
Tee*to"tal, a.
Definition: Entire; total. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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