The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ZEALOTRY
fanaticism, fanatism, zealotry
(noun) excessive intolerance of opposing views
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
zealotry (countable and uncountable, plural zealotries)
Something characteristic of a zealot; excessive zeal; fanaticism.
Source: Wiktionary
Zeal"ot*ry, n.
Definition: The character and behavior of a zealot; excess of zeal; fanatical devotion to a cause. Enthusiasm, visionariness, seems the tendency of the German; zeal, zealotry, of the English; fanaticism, of the French. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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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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