The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
TORQUED
Verb
torqued
simple past tense and past participle of torque
Adjective
torqued (comparative more torqued, superlative most torqued)
Upset; angry.
Source: Wiktionary
Torqued, a. Etym: [L. torquere to twist, to turn, to wind.]
1. Wreathed; twisted. [R.]
2. (Her.)
Definition: Twisted; bent; -- said of a dolphin haurient, which forms a figure like the letter S.
TORQUE
Torque, n. Etym: [L. torques a twisted neck chain, fr. torquere to twist.]
1. A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans, and Britons.
2. Etym: [L. torquere to twist.] (Mech.)
Definition: That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces. J. Thomson.
3. (Phys. Science)
Definition: A turning or twisting; tendency to turn, or cause to turn, about an axis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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