The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
VIVISECT
vivisect
(verb) cut (a body) open while still alive; “people no longer vivisect animals--it’s considered unethical”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
vivisect (third-person singular simple present vivisects, present participle vivisecting, simple past and past participle vivisected)
(transitive) To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive.
Source: Wiktionary
Viv"i*sect`, v. t.
Definition: To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive. [Colloq.] Pop. Sci. Monthly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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