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A New Dictionary of Eponyms offers detailed descriptions of the history of countless eponyms, from the origins of the word bikini to the origins of that cafeteria staple, the Salisbury steak.
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zinnia
zeppelin
zeal
yarborough
yankee
wisteria
Winchester rifle
Wilde
wellington
Wedgwood
watt
Wassermann test
volt
volcano
Victoria
Vernier scale
venereal
Vandyke beard
vandals
Utopia
Uranus
Uncle Sam
tuxedo
tureen
tontine
tommy gun
titian
titanic
Timothy grass
tich
thug
Throgmorton Street
thespian
teddy bear
tawdry
tartar
tantalize
Tammany
tam-o-shanter
sybarite
svengali
Stradivarius
stetson
Stentor
St. Vituss dance
St. Bernard
spoonerism
Spencerian penmanship
Spencer jacket
Spartan
Sousa
solon
Solomon
solecism
Socratic method
Smithsonian Institution
smart aleck
siren
simony
simon-pure
silhouette
Siamese twins
shrapnel
Shaw
Shakespearean
Sewards Folly
serendipity
sequoia
saxophone
sardonic
sandwich
Samson
Sam Browne belt
salmonella
salmagundi
Salk vaccine
Salisbury steak
sadism
Sabin vaccine
Rube Goldberg
Roscian
Rorschach test
Rockefeller
robot
Roberts Rules
Ritz
Richter scale
Rhodes scholarships
raglan
Rabelaisian
Röentgen rays
quixotic
quisling
Queensberry rules
Pythagorean theorem
Pyrrhic victory
Pushkinism
pullman
Pulitzer Prize
psyche