In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ZAPPING
ZAP
microwave, micro-cook, zap, nuke
(verb) cook or heat in a microwave oven; “You can microwave the leftovers”
nuke, atomize, atomise, zap
(verb) strike at with firepower or bombs; “zap the enemy”
zap, vaporize
(verb) kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; “in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens”
zap
(verb) strike suddenly and with force; “This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
zapping
present participle of zap
Noun
zapping (plural zappings)
The act or result of being zapped.
Source: Wiktionary
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CHRONIC
(adjective) being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; “chronic indigestion”; “a chronic shortage of funds”; “a chronic invalid”
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