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I know the question on everyones' lips is "What the hell's 'eponymous'?"

Main Entry: ep·onym
Pronunciation: 'e-p&-"nim
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek epOnymos, from epOnymos eponymous, from epi- + onyma name -- more at NAME
1 : one for whom or which something is or is believed to be named
2 : a name (as of a drug or a disease) based on or derived from an eponym
- ep·onym·ic /"e-p&-'ni-mik/ adjective

And now you know. ;)

1 posted on 07/22/2005 10:05:37 AM PDT by holymoly
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To: holymoly

It just goes to show once something, ANYTHING, becomes even moderately popular, the hackers will go after it.


2 posted on 07/22/2005 10:16:16 AM PDT by steveegg (Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)
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