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.
TOMFOOL
fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool
(noun) a person who lacks good judgment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tomfool (plural tomfools)
a silly or stupid person, especially a boy or man.
(Caribbean, colloquial) Any of various tyrant flycatchers viewed as foolishly confiding.
Adjective
tomfool (comparative more tomfool, superlative most tomfool)
silly or stupid.
Verb
tomfool (third-person singular simple present tomfools, present participle tomfooling, simple past and past participle tomfooled)
(intransitive) To act foolishly.
Source: Wiktionary
Tom"fool`, n. Etym: [Tom (see Tomboy) + fool.]
Definition: A great fool; a trifler.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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