A new dictionary of eponyms / / Morton S. Freeman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783459903321
• Autore: Freeman Morton S
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1997
• ISBN: 1-280-44197-6; 0-19-989111-7; 0-19-802538-6; 1-60256-018-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 pages)
• Collana: Oxford paperback reference A new dictionary of eponyms
• Disciplina: 423/.1
• Soggetti: English language - Eponyms; Names, Personal; Biography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-284).
• Sommario/riassunto: This dictionary features the entertaining histories behind hundreds of eponyms, such as bowdlerize (from the censorious Thomas Bowdler), bikini from the atoll, and the Salisbury steak, a dish of hamburger and brown gravy named after James H. Salisbury, an English physician who promoted a diet of ground beef. There are hundreds more - discover to whom we owe the terms hooker, sideburn, zeppelin, the cardigan sweater, pamphlet, robot, and argyle socks.