Create an Eponym
Create an Eponym
English has many eponyms, words which are derived from a person's name. For example, the noun, dahlia, is named for Swedish botanist Anders Dahl. The verb fletcherize comes from Horace Fletcher, a food faddist. The adjective cyrillic comes from St. Cyril, the 9th century missionary who created the cyrillic alphabet. Each word has a story.
Create a new eponym based on a person in modern history. In 500 words or less, describe the person and then define the new word and describe how it reflects on some aspect of that person. Please be sure to specify if it is a noun, verb, or adjective and give us one or two sentences which use that word.
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool which is based on the number of entries. The second and third place winners will each share the remaining prize pool. The prize pool is currently 32.00 member dollars. There are 10 spots still open. If all open spots are used the prize pool will be 72.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Friday, August 13, 2021.
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English has many eponyms, words which are derived from a person's name. For example, the noun, dahlia, is named for Swedish botanist Anders Dahl. The verb fletcherize comes from Horace Fletcher, a food faddist. The adjective cyrillic comes from St. Cyril, the 9th century missionary who created the cyrillic alphabet. Each word has a story.
Create a new eponym based on a person in modern history. In 500 words or less, describe the person and then define the new word and describe how it reflects on some aspect of that person. Please be sure to specify if it is a noun, verb, or adjective and give us one or two sentences which use that word.
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool which is based on the number of entries. The second and third place winners will each share the remaining prize pool. The prize pool is currently 32.00 member dollars. There are 10 spots still open. If all open spots are used the prize pool will be 72.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Friday, August 13, 2021.
