The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
VANDALIC
Etymology
Adjective
Vandalic (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to the Vandals (a Germanic tribe)
Proper noun
Vandalic
An extinct East Germanic language, probably closely related to the Gothic language.
Etymology
Adjective
vandalic (comparative more vandalic, superlative most vandalic)
Having the nature of vandalism.
Source: Wiktionary
Van"dal, Van*dal"ic, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to the Vandals; resembling the Vandals in barbarism and destructiveness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
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