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Article #417: Jeep: Where Did This Odd Word Come From?

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It has been widely debated as to where use of the word 'jeep' appears to have
the word 'jeep' came from, and it is no been during the First World War. Soldiers
easy task to locate the truth. The would assign it to vehicles and recruits
general consensus is that the assignation who were new to the army. In the U.S Army
'GP', standing for 'General Purpose', is magazine the 'Quartermaster Review', Maj.
its origin; with the phonetic conjoining E. P. Hogan told that these assignations
of the consonants with ease of effort were even in use during the Second World
adding a couple of vowels and changing War. 'Jeep' became a common name for
the first letter, ending up with 'jeep'. tractors and planes. It was adopted by
In contradiction to this theory, R. Lee the company 'Modine' for their tractor.
Ermey contends that the jeep was intended The unnamed vehicle was sent to Camp
to be used towards more particular ends. Holabird for testing and the name 'jeep'
He believes that the jeep was not was assigned to it by officers there. The
intended for general purpose, but rather confusion over its origin perhaps came
that its modern name originated from about as engineers were unaware of the
Ford; the 'G' indicating government use, military slang 'jeep', and so assumed
and the 'P' the vehicles eighty inch that the nickname came from the Popeye
wheel base. He claims that it is from comic strip. In 1941 the vehicle was
these assignations that the 'nickname' driven up the steps of the United States
jeep has been derived. The confusion was capital by Irving 'Red' Haussman to show
thickened when a locomotive manufacturer, its versatility on terrain. The
in 1949; the Electro-Motive Division of newspapers quoted him as naming it a
General Motors, jumped on the moving 'jeep'. He had spent time at Fort
train of popular terminology by coining Holabird and this is probably where he
its 'General Purpose' line by the had picked up the term. The entire nation
phonetically, but not grammatically, had this terminology placed in front of
identical 'Geep'. To try and identify them with their morning coffee, and from
the etymology of the word jeep, Ermy then on in it has been the only name for
hypothesised that the word had derived the 4x4 all terrain vehicles. So, when
from 'Eugene the Jeep' - a versatile you jump in your Jeep and start it up,
character from the Popeye comics who remember that you now know a little bit
could climb up trees, fly in the air, more about your loyal vehicle than a lot
walk up walls and through ceilings, and of other people who have loved them for
transcend any terrain it wanted. The years. Maybe you can make your friends
theory forwards the idea that military more aware with this little bit of
officers, in admiration of the vehicle's knowledge or maybe you can just use it to
commendable maneuverability, gave the impress them!
comic character's name to it. The first






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