Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
ZUGZWANG
Etymology
Noun
zugzwang (countable and uncountable, plural zugzwangs or zugzwänge)
(chess) A situation in which a player is forced to make a disadvantageous move.
in figurative uses
Usage notes
Zugzwang typically refers to a situation in which a player is forced to make a disadvantageous move though he or she would prefer not to make a move.
Source: Wiktionary
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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