Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
UNMENTIONABLES
Etymology
Victorian Era euphemism, specifically the category of euphemism known as indirection (compare privates, behind, sleep together). First intended meaning was "trousers", attested from 1823. Meaning "underwear" is recorded from 1910.
Noun
unmentionables pl (plural only)
plural of unmentionable
(plurale tantum) undergarments, underwear, drawers
(plurale tantum) genitals
(plurale tantum, obsolete) breeches, trousers
Usage notes
Because of a euphemism's intentional ambiguity, the perceived meaning can drift. While at first, "unmentionables" referred with Victorian hyper-sensitivity to trousers, the functional meaning drifted expediently to underwear. Currently, examples can be found where it is clear the writer or speaker means to refer expressly to the genitals.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*men"tion*a*bles, n. pl.
Definition: The breeches; trousers. [Jocose]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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