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Anonyponymous: The Forgotten People Behind Everyday Words - Community Reviews back

by John Bemelmans Marciano
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Marvin's Bookish Blog
Marvin's Bookish Blog rated it 15 years ago
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...
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