Namely, 109

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

109: pander: to give in to the wishes of someone from whom you hope to gain something in return (from Pandarus, a character in The Iliad and Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida and an obsequious character in Boccaccio’s poem Il Filostrato; first known use, 1523)

“How can you pander to that crowd?”

I asked the candidate.

“Because,” he said, “I want to win—

For winning is my fate!”

“But winning in dishonest ways—

Is that the best approach?”

“Oh, winning is the only thing,”

He said in vile reproach.

And so I switched my candidate—

Campaigned against the guy

Who pandered to our ugliness—

Each word of his a lie.