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.
WHITEY
whitey, honky, honkey, honkie
(noun) (slang) offensive names for a White man
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
whitey (comparative whitier, )
Alternative form of whity
Noun
whitey (plural whiteys or whities)
(African-American Vernacular, pejorative, ethnic slur) A white person, a person of European descent.
Synonyms: cracker, honky, pecker, peckerwood, whitebread, wonderbread, Thesaurus:white person
Coordinate terms: blackey, blackie, blacky
(British, slang) A state or bout of sickness, especially induced by cannabis use.
Anagrams
• Withey
Source: Wiktionary
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