In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
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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30 April 2024
NURSE
(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”
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