How to Get Your Name in the Dictionary by Grace Tierney, orange paperback on a book shelf, a book about the real people whose names became eponyms (and a few toponyms too)

"How to Get Your Name in the Dictionary"

“A delightful romp through the origins of eponyms like limerick, aphrodisiac, Murphy’s Law, and groggy.”
Review by Rick Ellrod, author

#Kindle #FunFacts #etymology #eponyms paperback #Kindle #Kobo
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The Eponym Series – Cardigan Hello, Regular readers will know that I sometimes delve into the world of eponyms – objects named after their inventor, wearer or place of origin. Having examined Bowler hats and Wellington b…

Ever wonder about the #history of the humble cardigan? It's this week's gem from the Wordfoolery Archives (and later made it into my book about #eponyms - How To Get Your Name in the Dictionary). wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2015/06/08/t... #etymology

How anatomical names can carry hidden histories of power and exclusion Why is your ankle named after a Greek hero and your uterus after a Renaissance anatomist? The answer says as much about power and memory as it does about medicine.

How #AnatomicalNames can carry hidden #histories of #power & #exclusion

Most #eponyms originated during the #EuropeanRenaissance, a time when anatomical #discovery often meant #ClaimingKnowledge that already existed elsewhere

#Women #IndigenousKnowledgeSystems
theconversation.com/how-anatomic...

Happy #InternationalFriendshipDay to all my lovely friends (and the less lovely ones, you know who you are!).

When I wrote "How to Get Your Name in the Dictionary" about #eponyms I loved finding ones where the person named something not after themselves, but for a friend. #etymology 🧵

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Vegard's law (Mineralogy 💎)

In crystallography, materials science and metallurgy, Vegard's law is an empirical finding resembling the rule of mixtures. In 1921, Lars Vegard discovered that the lattice parameter of a solid solution of two constituents is approximately a weighted mean of the two […]

How To Get your Name in the Dictionary by Grace Tierney (orange cover with white splodge) on a table with garden trowel and a corkscrew - don't ask why

“A delightful romp through the origins of eponyms like limerick, aphrodisiac, Murphy’s Law, and groggy.” Review by Rick Ellrod, author
#Kindle #FunFacts #etymology #eponyms
paperback #Kindle #Kobo
wordfoolery.wordpress.com/my-books/

#Dunkri (Hans Dunker, 16th C)
Although Dunker is an old Germanic name for someone who lived near a swamp – pretty much applicable to anyone in #Estonia – It seems this was a 16th‑C merchant, originally from #Lübeck, prime city of the...
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
#Eponyms #Eponüümid
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black and white photo of items whose names are eponyms and toponyms - magnet, pistol, rubiks cube, doc martens boot, ogham

This week, to celebrate my latest wordy download “Words People and Places Gave Us” (pdf, wordfoolery.wordpress.com/downloads/), I’m sharing the story of who put the Martens into Doc Martens boots. #etymology #eponyms
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The Colourful History of Bellini and Carpaccio Hello, Between editing "Words Christmas Gave Us" (my next Wordfoolery book, releasing in 2024) this month, I've been working on my downloads for readers. Did you know I have a downloads page with free...

This week on the Wordfoolery blog I take a look at the colourful history of bellini and carpaccio - named with help from Venice. English has a surprising number of Venetian words in the dictionary and these are two from the same man.
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#etymology #eponyms

Latest paper out (and with a festive release date). Some discussion on #mycology, #eponyms, and #DNASequencesAsTypes It's a divisive issue but I hope the paper helps reframe the debate in a positive way

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

nytimes.com

The trend of replacing #medical #eponyms with descriptive terms makes it easier to know what body part or physical or mental condition is being discussed. But there's another reason to stop using eponyms: Some are linked to National Socialist physicians. https://tinyurl.com/mryerbj4

I’m liking the idea of replacing #eponyms for names of body parts because it helps put a dent in the #patriarchy. 😁