Go back
Eponyms

Eponyms

Posers and Puzzles

Vote Up
Vote Down

Can we make an alphabetical list of eponyms?

I'll start with some easy ones!

biro
leotard
sandwich

Vote Up
Vote Down

pasteurize

1 edit
Vote Up
Vote Down

afghan, also argyle - for the males among you, they're both knitting terms.

boycott

curie

Vote Up
Vote Down

Originally posted by Kewpie
curie[/b]
Ah yes SI units
Thank you!

Ampere
Farad
Joule
Newton
Volt
Watt

Vote Up
Vote Down

diesel
epicure (from Epicurus)
furphy (one of my local favourites)
gauss
hertz (science is a good source, isn't it?)
jacuzzi



Vote Up
Vote Down

davy (lamp)
eiffel (tower)
gieger (counter)
heineken (bladder filler)
kawasaki (kneee-wrawww)
suzuki (neea-whraaww)

Vote Up
Vote Down

Westinghouse
Tesla
Sam Adams (beer)
Sarnoff research Center, Princeton NJ.
TORRicelli (760 Torr = 1 STP atmosphere)

Vote Up
Vote Down

your face

Vote Up
Vote Down

Originally posted by scorpios
your face
your point being?

Vote Up
Vote Down

Kelvin

Vote Up
Vote Down

Vote Up
Vote Down

W4nkel (the System is not allowing the "a" in there wor some reason...it is a Motor and named after the engineer developing it)

Vote Up
Vote Down

Ohm

We still need eponyms for the following letters:

imqruxyz

2 edits
Vote Up
Vote Down

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Ohm

We still need eponyms for the following letters:

imqruxyz
iris (goddess)
marathon (Greek city)
quisling (traitor, Norway I think)
raglan (another knitting term)
uzi (not really sure about this one, I think the name was not quite the same)
xerox
yale (key)
zeppelin

I'm not sure if yale actually qualifies, you may call it a yale key but do you call it just a yale?
Also, does anyone know about uzi?

Vote Up
Vote Down

Originally posted by Kewpie
iris (goddess)
marathon (Greek city)
quisling (traitor, Norway I think)
raglan (another knitting term)
uzi (not really sure about this one, I think the name was not quite the same)
xerox
yale (key)
zeppelin

I'm not sure if yale actually qualifies, you may call it a yale key but do you call it just a yale?
Also, does anyone know about uzi?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uziel_Gal