Some Short Forms...


MOPED is the short term for 'Motorized Pedaling'.

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POP MUSIC is 'Popular Music' shortened.

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BUS is the short term for 'Omnibus' that means everybody.

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FORTNIGHT comes from 'Fourteen Nights' (Two Weeks).

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DRAWING ROOM was actually a 'withdrawing room' where people withdrew after Dinner. Later the prefix 'with' was dropped.

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NEWS refers to information from Four directions N, E, W and S.

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AG-MARK, which some products bear, stems from 'Agricultural Marketing'.

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JOURNAL is a diary that tells about 'Journey for a day' during each Day's business.

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QUEUE comes from 'Queen's Quest'.. Long back a long row of people waiting to see the Queen.  Someone made the comment Queen's Quest.

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TIPS come from 'To Insure Prompt Service'. In olden days to get Prompt service from servants in an inn, travelers used to drop coins in a Box on which was written 'To Insure Prompt Service'. This gave rise to the custom of Tips.

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JEEP is a vehicle with unique Gear system. It was invented during World War II (1939-1945). It was named 'General Purpose Vehicle (GP)'. GP was changed into JEEP later.

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