In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
TELEPORTATION
teleportation
(noun) a hypothetical mode of instantaneous transportation; matter is dematerialized at one place and recreated at another
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
teleportation (plural teleportations)
Any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one spatial point to another without physically crossing the space in between and which are often depicted or described as happening instantaneously, and through dematerialization or gateways.
Source: Wiktionary
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SOMETIME
(adverb) at some indefinite or unstated time; “let’s get together sometime”; “everything has to end sometime”; “It was to be printed sometime later”
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