prepone

May. 16th, 2013 07:03 am
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prepone (pree-POHN) - v., (Anglo-Indian) to reschedule to an earlier time.


Opposite of postpone. This is specifically an Indian English term, created probably between around 1950 to 1970 (my sources disagree).

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