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.
WATCHLIST
Etymology
Noun
watchlist (plural watchlists)
a list of people or things that are to receive special attention.
Verb
watchlist (third-person singular simple present watchlists, present participle watchlisting, simple past and past participle watchlisted)
(transitive) To add to a watchlist.
Source: Wiktionary
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