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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Troop group #128191 05/04/2004 9:58 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago I'm with Capfka. I also am inclined to believe it probably (*incorrectly) morphed from 'troopers' into 'troop' through calling them 'troops' for short. It's the 'armed forces' way of morphing by shortening. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Troops adeybug 05/04/2004 11:46 AM Re: Troops shanks 05/04/2004 2:00 PM Re: Troops Capfka 05/04/2004 8:41 PM Re: Troop: person or group? AnnaStrophic 05/04/2004 8:59 PM Re: Troop: person or group? jheem 05/05/2004 4:26 PM Re: Troop: person or group? RhubarbCommando 05/05/2004 6:52 PM Re: Troop: person or group? jheem 05/05/2004 8:23 PM Re: Troop: person or group? Capfka 05/05/2004 8:55 PM Re: Troop: person or group? wsieber 05/06/2004 10:58 AM Troop group musick 05/04/2004 9:58 PM Re: Troops Faldage 05/05/2004 10:13 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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