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Did You Know that ?
MOPED -- is the short term for 'Motorised Pedaling'.
POP MUSIC -- is 'Popular Music' shortened.
BUS is the short term for 'Omnibus' that means everybody.
KD -- is a rough, quarrelsome, noisy man as referred in Indian language. But actually it is an english word meaning 'Known Deprecator'.
FORTNIGHT -- comes from 'Fourteen Nights' (Two Weeks).
DRAWING ROOM -- was actually a 'withdrawing room'where people withdrew after Dinner. Later the prefix 'with' was dropped.
NEWS -- refers to information from Four directions N, E, W and S.
AG-MARK,-- which some products bear, stems from 'Agricultural Marketing'.
JOURNAL -- is a diary that tells about 'Journey for a day' during each day's business.
QUEUE -- comes from 'Queen's Quest'. Long back a long row of people was
Waiting to see the Queen. Someone made the comment Queen's Quest.
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.
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 as changed into JEEP later.
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