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Eponyms

December 15, 2008
By Ben Zimmer (New York, NY)Visual Thesaurus ContributorVisual Thesaurus Moderator
Names of people (real or fictional) that have become words.

http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/eponyms.htm
bunsen burner
Moonie
mesmerise
Dewar flask
bacitracin
Bessemer process
guillotine
marcel
buddleia
ohm
Petri dish
Maginot Line
Bakelite
pantaloon
galvanise
cereal
Aaron's rod
Beaufort scale
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
frangipani
lobelia
maverick
Nissen hut
Huntington's chorea
hygiene
Benedictine
bigot
plimsoll
Tuesday
mansard roof
bloomers
sideburn
gray
Richter scale
fuchsia
charlotte russe
roentgen
Oscar
marigold
Gay-Lussac's law
grog
Congorism
Chippendale
golliwog
Salk vaccine
atlas
Braille
Fosbury flop
Salisbury steak
Faraday
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Saturday February 19th 2011, 8:08 PM
Comment by: Patricia P. (North Tonawanda, NY)
how about
praline
hosta
salmonella
tortoni
gardenia
zinnia
Sunday February 19th 2012, 12:25 PM
Comment by: christiane P. (paris)
how about too

stern
ponce`
gorgonzola
amelia
leonie
florence

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