In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ZOUK
Etymology
Noun
zouk (plural zouks)
(music) A style of dance music originating in the French Antilles, combining Latin American, African and Western disco rhythms; a dance to this music
Verb
zouk (third-person singular simple present zouks, present participle zouking, simple past and past participle zouked)
To dance to zouk music.
Source: Wiktionary
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