In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
WEGOTISM
We"go*tism, n. Etym: [From we, in imitation of egotism.]
Definition: Excessive use of the pronoun we; -- called also weism. [Colloq. or Cant]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SCHNORR
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
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