Forum:The word "Taxi"

Before creating a page for the term, was the word "taxi" used in the DWU, or was it only ever called "cab"? Yeah, it's kinda dumb sounding, but I'm just being safe. -- Tybort (talk page) 21:01, December 22, 2011 (UTC)

This search: http://search.freefind.com/find.html?id=42551331&pageid=r&mode=ALL&query=taxi&s= came up with plenty of sources which have taxi's in them. So you are fine to use the term for the article. --Revan\Talk 21:09, December 22, 2011 (UTC)

Both words are cut-down versions of "taximeter cabriolet." The taximeter is the devise that measures how far the vehicle has travelled. A cabriolet is the name of a particular sort of carriage. These are real-world etymologies. In the DWU, YMMV. Boblipton talk to me 01:04, December 23, 2011 (UTC)


 * By the by, I've since heard the word used a couple of times in Torchwood in the context of yelling "Taxi!". So, yes it exists. -- Tybort (talk page) 17:40, March 13, 2012 (UTC)