A new dictionary of eponyms / / Morton S. Freeman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816159203321
• 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
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 pages)
• Collana: Oxford paperback reference
• 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.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- A New Dictionary of Eponyms -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Bibliography.
• 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.