1. MOPED is the short term for 'Motorized Pedaling'. 2. POP MUSIC is 'Popular Music' shortened. 3. BUS is the short term for 'Omnibus' that means everybody. 4. FORTNIGHT comes from 'Fourteen Nights' (Two Weeks). 5. DRAWING ROOM was actually a 'withdrawing room' where people withdrew after Dinner. Later the prefix 'with' was dropped... |