Namely, 88

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

88: macadamia nut: edible nut produced by an Australian evergreen tree (from Ferdinand von Mueller, who, in 1857, named it for his friend John Macadam, 1827–1865, a Scottish-born Australian chemist and politician; first known use of the word, 1929)

Oh, I once saw a man with a blubbery gut—

With a nose that looked weird—macadamia nut!

Oh, yes, that was the look that this poor fellow had—

But he did not behave as if this made him sad.

No, instead, he just bounded along in his life—

And was pleased with his job, with his house, with his wife.

But his wife, I must say, was a very strange case—

For the look that she bore every day on her face

Was a look of pure puzzlement throughout the day—

Did she know that her husband was weird? Every way?

No, she did not object to his nose or his guts,

For that woman just loved macadamia nuts!