from the name of a person
pavlova, sandwich, stroganoff
or bowler, cardigan or wellington
Plants, even fish get a mention
begonia, dahlia, astor or guppy
ampere, joule, ohm or watt
science has contributed many
A ball-point's known universally
as a biro after its Hungarian inventor
even proctology has taken on a new meaning
these days we refer to it as a hopoate
don't plagiarise it, do a demidenko
they aren't yobbos, they're philistines
and sexually .... you can roger someone
the eponymous ain't anonymous, just a sign of the times
1 comment:
Love this familiar 'eponymous' list.
Especially the 'hopoate'. We have laughed heartily on that one many times.
Makes me wonder about my own surname.
And once again, you have teased me with a new word-eponymous-to add to my expanding 'vocab' (this is my addition to new words - vocab. If they can do it to Cabernet Sauvignon then why not).
That could be your next challenge Bernie-CabSav, VoCab etc. How many words can you find that have been shortened in this way. Perhaps we can make up our own. let's sleep on it and see what we can come up with.
Till then, I'm going to do a 'Harold Holt'
Bye
FRED the freeloader
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