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Re:Aptronym by JoeAltmaier on Thursday October 24, 2013 @09:16AM (#6605042)
'Lorena Bobbit' is cheating - she is the Source of that term.
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Re:Aptronym by ZeroGravitas on Thursday October 24, 2013 @09:47AM (#6605197)
People have been "bobbing" dogs tails for a long time.
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Re:Aptronym by ChikkaChiChi on Thursday October 24, 2013 @09:49AM (#6605204)
I was thinking that, too. There should be a term for when your name becomes synonomous with a thing. Like Steve Bartman or Frank Rollerblade.
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Re:Aptronym by Theodores on Thursday October 24, 2013 @09:34AM (#6605135)
...maybe, however, can anyone think of any others that gave their name to something? E.g. the Hoover family...?
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Re:Aptronym by JoeAltmaier on Thursday October 24, 2013 @10:24AM (#6605387)
Sure but it doesn't make their name eponymous but the other way around.
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