Namely, 54

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

54: burke: to strangle or suffocate someone intentionally (from Irishman William Burke, 1792–1829, executed in Edinburgh for suffocating 16 people in order to sell their bodies to Edinburgh Medical School for dissection; earliest known use of word, 1835)

Insulted me! I burked the dude!

No longer can that dude be rude.

Of course, I’m sitting now in jail

And very soon I will inhale

Poison gas.