Namely, 111

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

111: pompadour: a hair style in which the front of the hair is swept up and back in a large roll (from Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, 1721–1764, an influential French noblewoman and lover of Louis XV; earliest known use, 1872)

You shouldn’t try a pompadour—

Unless you’re brave and bold,

Unless you know what hair is for—

And if (of course!) you’re not too old.

For Old Guys who wear rings in ears—

Who try a very bright tattoo—

Are not subtracting any years

But trying to look like younger you.