NAMELY
eponyms (EP-uh-nimz)
words based on
or derived from a person's name.
First Known Use: mid-19th
century
“What’s in a
Name?”
Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, 2.2
51: bloomers: women’s underpants
(from Amelia Jenkins Bloomer, 1818–94, US social reformer and advocate of a new
style of dress for women; first known use of word, 1851)
He wore some bloomers—not too wise—
For when his buds (the other guys)
Discovered his decision, they
Abandoned him—and cried “No way
That we can ever hang with you!
Sartorially, with you we’re through!”
And so he wept incessantly
Till tighty-whities set him free!
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