In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
TIRRITS
TIRRIT
Tir"rit, n.
Definition: A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in Shakespeare's Henry IV., probably meaning terror.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CLOG
(verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired; “Fear clogged her mind”; “The story was clogged with too many details”
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