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.
YELPER
Noun
Yelper (plural Yelpers)
(internet) A user of Yelp, an Internet service that publishes crowdsourced reviews of local businesses.
Etymology
Noun
yelper (plural yelpers)
One who yelps.
(UK, dialect) The avocet (so-called from its sharp, shrill cry).
(US, dialect) A bird, the tattler.
Source: Wiktionary
Yelp"er, n.
Definition: An animal that yelps, or makes a yelping noise. Specifically: (Zoöl.) (a) The avocet; -- so called from its sharp, shrill cry. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The tattler. [Local, U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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