Anonyponymous: The Forgotten People Behind Everyday Words
Format: kindle
ASIN: B002WU7TCS
Publish date: November 3rd 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 161
Edition language: English
A light-hearted fun-to-read book on the eponymous; words that are derived from a person's name. John Marciano has a witty and opinionated way of writing that works well. This rather thin book doesn't try to have every word imaginable. But the entries on words like "diesel", "galvanize", and "bowdler...