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#138521 02/08/05 11:51 PM
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Wow, that is great, Zed--good for you!

Love,

J

P.S.--Can a verb be an eponym? Could we say her name has been eponized?


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She's an epon of mess distraction ;)


#138523 02/09/05 11:19 AM
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Can a verb be an eponym?

"Lynch" comes to mind. Or, of more recent vintage, "bork".


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Thank you. And, hey, mav, I think you've got it (yes, I did): she's an eponess, not at epon-hym.


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I did some research on this, and found that grammage has been replaced by REAM Density Examination And Recording, a protocol for testing a ream of paper to determine its density, abbreviated ReamDEAR. Yup, Grammage got run over by a ReamDEAR.



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TEd!





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And we all know that TEds are properly measured in puns per square inch!


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