Hello! I just learned a new term called a "proprietary eponym." It's a brand name that is so synonymous with a generic item that it basically becomes the defining word for that product. And I can't ...

While the world (at least the Us Weekly-reading portion of it) waits with bated breath to learn what Snooki names her yet-to-be-born child — Frankie, Isabella, Giana, and Jionni Jr. are her top ...

Scientific eponyms—concepts named after individuals, such as Avogadro's number or Maxwell's equations—are one of the few means for achieving some form of immortality (see lists of some of these here, ...

Eponyms are names that have become immortalized in well known words, such as syphilis, sadism and masochism. We’ll get to those, but let’s start with a favorite, bogart, which is slang for hogging ...

Ayik is an advocate for people living with rare diseases. Recently, the smoldering embers of conflict in my family’s rare disease community have burst into flames over the use of an eponym: ...

When looking at disruption in the eyewear space, most people talk about Warby Parker. That is because Warby Parker is cutting out the middleman and selling eyewear directly to consumers. However, ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary site is an epicurean and sometimes mercurial presentation of language that tantalizes even the ...

IF you enjoy learning about a word’s origin, you will find eponyms interesting. While some eponyms are well known, others may only be familiar to people who understand a certain cultural reference.

Trish Donnelly, CEO of Urban Outfitters, Inc., has joined the Board of Directors of eponym, an open platform provider that empowers contemporary brands including Steven Alan, alice + olivia and Jason ...