An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
WOOLGATHERING
dreamy, moony, woolgathering
(adjective) dreamy in mood or nature; “a woolgathering moment”
woolgathering
(noun) an idle indulgence in fantasy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
woolgathering (usually uncountable, plural woolgatherings)
The gathering of fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc.
Indulgence in idle fancies or daydreams.
Source: Wiktionary
Wool"gath`er*ing, a.
Definition: Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful.
Wool"gath`er*ing, n.
Definition: Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design. His wits were a woolgathering, as they say. Burton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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