I was under the impression that I knew most of these, that were passed on to me by my friend as a forward. But I must confess that I too have learnt a few for the first time and so, would like to pass them on.
1. Fortnight Fourteen nights.
2. Pop Music Popular music.
3. Moped Motorised pedalling.
4. Bus Omnibus (meaning everybody).
5. Drawing Room Withdrawing room where people withdrew after dinner. Later,
the prefix 'with' was dropped!
6. News Refers to information from directions N, E, W and S.
7. Agmark Which some products bear stem from 'Agricultural Marketing'.
8. Queue Comes from 'Queen's Quest'. Long back, a long row of people
waiting to see the Queen prompted someone to comment upon it
as 'Queen's Quest'.
9. Journal Is a diary that tells about 'journey for a day' during each day's
business.
10. Tips In olden days, to get prompt service from servants in an inn,
travellers used to drop coins in a box on which was written
'To Insure Prompt Service', giving rise to the custom of 'Tips'.
11. Jeep A vehicle with a unique gear system invented during 'World
War II and was named 'General Purpose Vehicle'(GP). GP
was changed to 'jeep' later.
12. T shirt Trend shirt.
Some more nuggets.
(a) Did you know that all the continents end with the same letter that they start with?
Asia, America, Australia, Europe, Antarctica!
(b) The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood up to 30 ft!
(c) If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. But if you're to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die!
(d) Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:-
(i) Spades King David
(ii) Clubs Alexander, the great
(iii) Hearts Charlemagne
(iv) Diamonds Julius Caeser.
1. Fortnight Fourteen nights.
2. Pop Music Popular music.
3. Moped Motorised pedalling.
4. Bus Omnibus (meaning everybody).
5. Drawing Room Withdrawing room where people withdrew after dinner. Later,
the prefix 'with' was dropped!
6. News Refers to information from directions N, E, W and S.
7. Agmark Which some products bear stem from 'Agricultural Marketing'.
8. Queue Comes from 'Queen's Quest'. Long back, a long row of people
waiting to see the Queen prompted someone to comment upon it
as 'Queen's Quest'.
9. Journal Is a diary that tells about 'journey for a day' during each day's
business.
10. Tips In olden days, to get prompt service from servants in an inn,
travellers used to drop coins in a box on which was written
'To Insure Prompt Service', giving rise to the custom of 'Tips'.
11. Jeep A vehicle with a unique gear system invented during 'World
War II and was named 'General Purpose Vehicle'(GP). GP
was changed to 'jeep' later.
12. T shirt Trend shirt.
Some more nuggets.
(a) Did you know that all the continents end with the same letter that they start with?
Asia, America, Australia, Europe, Antarctica!
(b) The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood up to 30 ft!
(c) If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. But if you're to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die!
(d) Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:-
(i) Spades King David
(ii) Clubs Alexander, the great
(iii) Hearts Charlemagne
(iv) Diamonds Julius Caeser.
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