The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
TOADYISM
Etymology
Noun
toadyism (countable and uncountable, plural toadyisms)
Sycophancy; fawning, obsequious behavior.
Source: Wiktionary
Toad"y*ism, n.
Definition: The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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