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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Dragging this one back up... #97224 02/08/2004 4:41 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Forgive me, I'm catching back up. It may be apocryphal, but I remember hearing something about the practice of tipping originating in Colonial coffee- and chocolate-houses, where a box was mounted on the wall with a sign reading To Insure Promptness. Then the verbing of an acronym, blah blah blah, and here we are. Anyone confirm this? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted bistro of troy 02/28/2003 1:33 PM Re: bistro or bistrot emanuela 03/01/2003 6:25 AM Dragging this one back up... Fiberbabe 02/08/2004 4:41 PM Re: Dragging this one back up... Faldage 02/09/2004 1:38 PM Re: towing this one back up... Buffalo Shrdlu 02/09/2004 1:44 PM Re: towing this one back up... Zed 02/10/2004 1:04 AM Re: towing this one back up... Buffalo Shrdlu 02/10/2004 1:19 AM Re: towing this one back up... wwh 02/10/2004 2:00 AM Re: towing this one back up... Buffalo Shrdlu 02/10/2004 10:27 AM Catching back up... Sparteye 02/14/2004 2:51 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,395 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 18 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,216 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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