The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
YELLOWCAKE
yellowcake
(noun) an impure mixture of uranium oxides obtained during the processing of uranium ore
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
yellowcake (countable and uncountable, plural yellowcakes)
A concentrated form of uranium ore containing a mixture of oxides.
Synonym: urania
Source: Wiktionary
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TRUNCATION
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
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