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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread eponyms #143379 05/28/2005 9:10 PM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 3 Columbus, Ohio, USA pedantman stranger pedantman stranger Joined: May 2005 Posts: 3 Columbus, Ohio, USA In medicine, we have a few (or maybe a lot of) pseudoeponyms. One of my favorites is the Coudé catheter. It's a real instrument. It has a bend in it. Some to many years back, some clever soul made up a reference to the inventor of the catheter, Emile Coudé. Pretty soon, millions of (okay, dozens of, maybe 3) references cited Dr. Coudé's seminal article. Eventually, someone (at least as pedantic as I) pointed out that the French word coudé derives from the word for elbow, which bends. No Dr. Coudé. If anyone finds this concept interesting, I'll post another pseueponym. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: eponyms #143380 05/28/2005 9:34 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Then there was the story about Mr. Chadless, after whose patented Chadless keypunch the word chad was backformed. http://www.snopes.com/business/names/chad.asp But, if you're going to be a pedant you might as well at least refer to them as pseudeponyms not pseudoeponyms. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: eponyms #143381 05/30/2005 12:37 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Oh yay, another doctor! Welcome aBoard, Mr. pedantman. I for one would like to see more pseu...nymns, with or without the o. You might move them to Miscellany, though, unless Anu continues to have them as a weekly theme. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: eponyms #143382 05/30/2005 7:35 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Welcome Pedantman, Keep'em coming - but I agree that Miscellany might be the place. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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