Namely, 18

NAMELY

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a word based on or derived from a person's name.

First Known Use: mid-19^th century

“What’s in a Name?”

Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, 2.2­­

 18: guy: an informal word for an unnamed male person; used in a plural form (guys) to refer to a group of people (including females) (from Guy Fawkes (1570–1606)—he of the failed “Gunpowder Plot” (1605); first known use of word—1806)

He seemed an unassuming guy—

But Parliament, just blown sky-high?

The plot was foiled, and Guy was caught

And got to know the hangman’s knot.

Then drawn and quartered (after rope)—

Survival? Ha! There was no hope.

But now, of course, we celebrate

That distant, very deadly date.

Yes, Guy Fawkes Day—November 5.

(Just two months later? Not alive.)

And when our son now calls us “guys,”

Is there explosion in his eyes?

Or just a common sort of term?

No hanging man in Final Squirm?