Originally Posted by
chasm54
A moped has pedals. The name is a hybrid of motor and pedal. Anything without pedals is a motorcycle, not a moped. Only in Alice in Wonderland can you define words to mean whatever you want them to mean.
Or if you work in Marketing. Those people regularly define words to mean whatever they want them to mean. Which is why people believe that E-bikes are bicycles, and not not what they actually are, which is mopeds.
I believe Bill Hicks is commonly acknowledged as the foremost expert on this topic.