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Word: pepperati (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...common belief among the pepperati nowadays is that a dose of hot chile, while not strictly medicinal, stimulates the senses and clears the mind, prodding the palate to the threshold between pleasure and pain. There are even some aficionados who tell of a "chile high," produced by the body's endorphins in reaction to the sting of the pepper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Some Like It Hot | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

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