The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
WHAMMY
hex, jinx, curse, whammy
(noun) an evil spell; “a witch put a curse on his whole family”; “he put the whammy on me”
whammy
(noun) a serious or devastating setback
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
whammy (plural whammies)
a serious or devastating setback
an evil spell; a curse or hex
(colloquialism) the vibrato system of an electric guitar, or just its lever (whammy bar)
Source: Wiktionary
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