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>> *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 as

>> 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.