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.
ZOWIE
Interjection
zowie
(US, slang) An indication of astonishment or admiration.
Synonyms
• wow
Source: Wiktionary
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QUAINT
(adjective) attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); “houses with quaint thatched roofs”; “a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots”
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