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  • How should I use eponym, eponymous and namesake?
    Correct examples: Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California that is the namesake of eighteenth-century bishop and philosopher George Berkeley Eighteenth-century bishop and philosopher George Berkeley is the eponym of the city of Berkeley, California They cannot be used interchangeably Namesake indicates a place, thing or person named
  • american english - Named for vs. named after - English Language . . .
    Clearly "named after" means something along the lines of "These drawings are by Smith after those of Jones" where the "after" meaning "following as a consequence", so understood to mean "in honour of" The American "named for" is clearly in the sense that I do something "for" you, ie as a gift, so if I named something after someone, it would be as a gift "for" them, so it was named "for" them
  • A word for the person after whom someone or something is named
    Places, roads, streets etc , get named after famous people, too Many inventions and discoveries have been named after people who invented or discovered them But I am not yet aware of a term that refers to the person whose name is given to people, places or objects this way Is there a suitable word to fill in the blank below?
  • What do you call a daughter with the same name as her mother?
    What do you call a daughter with the same name as her mother? Is there a female equivalent for 'junior' in the english language?
  • Named vs called - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    Over on Stackoverflow, I keep seeing questions wherein posters say: *I have an item named SoAndSo (a table, a file, etc ) Shouldn't it be: *I have an item called SoAndSo Is "named" an accepta
  • What is the difference between named and termed?
    However, termed is much more formal and is often used to describe very specific concepts in multiple different fields named, on the other hand, is a bit less formal and thus, much less restrictive than termed The general consensus seems to be: if you want to give a name to a very specific concept in a formal environment, pick termed
  • etymology - What is the story behind the word . . .
    Sesquipedalian means having many syllables, and you'll probably know what phobia means Thus, "sesquipedaliophobia" is an irrational fear of words with many syllables The prefixes "hippopoto-" and "monstro-", as you might guess, are not there to add anything in terms of meaning, in fact they are rather nonsensical Their only purpose is to make the word longer, in a witty and cruel, sarcastic
  • word choice - Deciding between eponymous and titular - English . . .
    from whom or which a title or name is taken The book Burning Chrome is named after the titular story within For eponymous, I'm using the this definition: giving one's name to a tribe, place, etc The short story, Burning Chrome, gives its name to the larger collection of short stories, Burning Chrome
  • I know a man with a wooden leg named Smith
    Bert: I know a man with a wooden leg named Smith Uncle Albert: What's the name of his other leg? It is a joke that exploits a common ambiguity in English communication Obviously, naming a wooden leg is absurd, and so most listeners understand that the intention of Bert's reply, upon hearing it, is to explain that the name belongs to the man
  • How did the word beaver come to be associated with vagina?
    Conclusion It is quite astonishing that the "young lady named Eva" limerick's takeoff on the street game of Beaver—a game that seems to have hastened the demise of the beard during the early decades of the twentieth century—has evidently had far more cultural staying power (as judged by popular slang) than the original game itself





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