One of the theories about the origin of this term reads thus:
It began when Mr Henry Newman, a longtime contributor to The Statesman in Calcutta (using the pen name "Kim") interviewed a group of porters upon their return to Darjeeling. Newman mistranslated the word "metoh" as "filthy" or "dirty", and substituted the term ________, perhaps out of artistic license and then deeming the whole story to be such a joyous creation, he sent it to one or two newspapers.
What term did Henry Newman thus give birth to?
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