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MOPED is the short term  for 'Motorized Pedaling'. POP MUSIC is 'Popular Music'  shortened. BUS is the short term for 'Omnibus' that means  everybody. 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 as  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  was changed into JEEP later.