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		pokeymcsnatch on April 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 'Call of Duty' wins First Amendment victory over u... There's quite a few people (in the US) that use "jeep" as a general term for any Jeep-sized offroading vehicle.

crottypeter on April 3, 2020 [–]

In fact the word "jeep" came from the colloquial contraction of "GP" - general purpose (vehicle).

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