Namely, 52

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

52: bowdlerize: to heavily expurgate or rewrite a document (from Thomas Bowdler, 1734–1825, who in 1818 published an edition of Shakespeare, in which, he wrote, “those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family”; first known use of word, 1826)

So Bowdler bowdlerized the Bard—

A thing I wish he hadn’t done.

The Bard, I know, is often hard—

But much of him is so much fun.

And fun can come in naughtiness—

As every middle-schooler knows.

So Bowdler made, well, quite a mess—

But when you see these Shakespeare shows,

You do not see what Bowdler did.

Instead, you see what talents do:

Humanity he never hid,

So naughtiness is scattered through!