Namely, 92

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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

92: malapropism: a humorously mispronounced or misused word or phrase (from Mrs. Malaprop, a character in the play The Rivals by Irish dramatist Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816); first known use, 1830)

I ran into old Mapaprop—

The husband, not the famous wife.

We both were floating high atop

A cloud in Heaven—gone was life.

He said that he’d been glad to die—

The language that his wife had used

Had made him nuts (this is no lie)—

Those errors could not be excused.

And joining us that moment then

Was Dogberry (from Much Ado)

Where Malaprop proclaimed his sin—

And I confess I did so too.

And now we both are burning here

In You-Know-Where—but no relief:

The language here is far from clear—

And so we roast in fiery grief.