Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
UNRIP
Etymology
Verb
unrip (third-person singular simple present unrips, present participle unripping, simple past and past participle unripped)
(transitive) To open something by ripping/tearing.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*rip", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- (intensive) + rip.]
Definition: To rip; to cut open. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PUNGENCY
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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