Ha ha - good one. Come to think of it, Ivan M. Mortal also got his name immortalised by having his name enter the English language as a verb:Immortalise.
Found another: gibberish. Thought to have originated with 8th-century Islamic alchemist, Jabir ibn Hayyan. The term "gibberish" referred to the incomprehensible technical jargon often used by Jabir and other alchemists who followed. link.
Bork.
ReplyDeleteHa ha - good one. Come to think of it, Ivan M. Mortal also got his name immortalised by having his name enter the English language as a verb: Immortalise.
ReplyDeleteAnd don't forget Myrtle, of "myrtelize."
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ReplyDeleteto Shepardize link.
ReplyDeleteBates numbering link.
ReplyDeleteto guillotine
ReplyDeleteto bowdlerize
to diesel (what a gasoline motor does when it shouldn't)
wv = lexproph (you're married to one)
I beg of you - don't myrtelize me.
ReplyDeleteThanks, JAL and chicklit!
to galvanize
ReplyDeleteFound another: gibberish. Thought to have originated with 8th-century Islamic alchemist, Jabir ibn Hayyan. The term "gibberish" referred to the incomprehensible technical jargon often used by Jabir and other alchemists who followed. link.
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