The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
VERMINATE
Etymology
Verb
verminate (third-person singular simple present verminates, present participle verminating, simple past and past participle verminated)
(intransitive) To breed vermin.
Source: Wiktionary
Ver"mi*nate, v. i. Etym: [L. verminare to have worms, fr. vermis a worm.]
Definition: To breed vermin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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