Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ZHOOSH
Etymology 1
Verb
zhoosh (third-person singular simple present zhooshes, present participle zhooshing, simple past and past participle zhooshed)
(transitive, originally Polari, UK and Australia, slang) To tweak, finesse or improve (something); to make more appealing or exciting. Usually with up.
Adjective
zhoosh (comparative more zhoosh, superlative most zhoosh)
(South Africa, slang) stylish, hot, cool
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic (from the sound of the blender).
Verb
zhoosh (third-person singular simple present zhooshes, present participle zhooshing, simple past and past participle zhooshed)
To blend ingredients together using an electric food mixer.
Noun
zhoosh (plural zhooshes)
The action of mixing ingredients using an electric food mixer; a pulse of mixing.
Give the eggs and milk a quick zhoosh in the blender.
Source: Wiktionary
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