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Eponyms

December 15, 2008
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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