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.
TIFOSI
Etymology
Noun
tifosi (plural tifosi)
Alternative form of tifoso (a fan of an Italian team, who is not necessarily Italian themselves)
Noun
tifosi
plural of tifoso
Source: Wiktionary
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