Namely, 96

NAMELY

eponyms (EP-uh-nimz)

words 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

96: maudlin: overly sentimental, uncontrollably tearful (from a corruption of Mary Magdalene, who wept at the empty tomb after the resurrection of Jesus; first known use, 1509)

“I think you’re being maudlin, Dear”—

She said these very words to me—

I listened to them tearfully,

Went to the fridge and got a beer.

That was not, well, the wisest thing

That in our marriage I had done.

But I love beer—I drank it—fun!

She left me—and her wedding ring.