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.
YUPPIFY
Etymology
Verb
yuppify (third-person singular simple present yuppifies, present participle yuppifying, simple past and past participle yuppified)
(often, pejorative) To redevelop (an urban area or commercial premises) so as to attract affluent young professionals as residents or clientele.
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SUSPENDED
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
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