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.
TIMESERVER
timeserver
(noun) one who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
timeserver (plural timeservers)
(obsolete) Someone who honours their commitments only when it is personally easy to do so. [16th c.]
A person who conforms to current opinions, especially for reasons of personal advantage; an opportunist. [from 16th c.]
Someone who performs a job for the required time only, making a minimum of effort. [from 19th c.]
(computing) A device, node or program that transmits the correct time to clients in a network.
Hypernyms
• (computing): server
Source: Wiktionary
Time"serv`er, n.
Definition: One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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