Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
WANGLE
wangle, wangling
(noun) an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery
wangle, finagle, manage
(verb) achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent
(verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception; “Fudge the figures”; “cook the books”; “falsify the data”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
wangle (third-person singular simple present wangles, present participle wangling, simple past and past participle wangled)
(transitive) To obtain through manipulative or deceitful methods.
• "if a country such as China decided to wangle various concessions out of the US government"
(transitive) To falsify, as records.
(intransitive) To achieve through contrivance or cajolery.
• "manages to wangle his way into the investigation team"
Noun
wangle (plural wangles)
The act of wangling
Source: Wiktionary
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