Words That Are Eponyms (Mini #21)

What's in a name? Well, sometimes that name can live on in a word used in our daily lives. When a name becomes a regular word, we call that an eponym and we've got ten eponyms as the answers to our 10 questions. In this mini episode. I'm your host, Brian Rollins. This is the dorky geeky. Nerdy trivia podcast and let's get started. Number one in advisor or teacher named after a character in The Odyssey. Mentor. Number two, something that is very large named for the first elephant to arrive in Europe alive. Jumbo. number three, a sudden expression of fear or distress name for a goat like Greek god, Panic named after the god pan. Number for a photographer that follows celebrities around name for a character in the film. The dolce vida Paparazzo. Number five, fragments of metal from a bomb or she'll name for the British officer that invented it. Shrapnel. Number 6, a form-fitting one-piece garment named for the French acrobat that invented them. leotard, Number seven, the refusal to buy or support something as an act of protest named for a landowner who received such a protest. Boycott. Number eight, a book of maps named for the Greek. God of astronomy in navigation. Atlas. Number 9, the lump of cartilage surrounding the lair nk's name for the first human in the Bible. Adam's apple. Number 10, a stuffed animal named for the 26th president of the United States. Teddy bear. And that's it for our 21st. Mini-episode, did I miss an eponym? You think should have been included? Let me know on social media or Spotify. This has been the dorky geeky nerdy trivia podcast. You can find out more about the show at dorky nerd e.com. The music is by Jason Shaw at audio knoteks.com. The show was written, produced and hosted by me. Brian Rollins, come find me at The voices in my head.com. Thanks for listening. Long before the summer of Love Pride, parades down Market Street and the fight for marriage equality. San Francisco in 1953 was all about the Red Scare, FBI investigations, yellow journalism, run amok and the ladies who play mahjong over T in the unexpected heiress. Private detective. Nick Williams is called in to see his lawyer and friend. Jeffrey Klein, who's mystery client under contract. Metro was just arrested at the Kit Kat Club on Polk Street, but somehow got off with a bench. Warrant Jeffrey wants to know who in the police department. Worked things behind the scenes for the star of the upcoming Blockbuster, it was raining. Then meanwhile, a late night phone call from his estranged. Father sends Nick into a tailspin and a family secret along with a lot of other things. Better kept hush-hush are all splashed on the front pages of the deal, E news, it ain't pretty in the end for Nick and his lover, a strapping, firefighter named Carter Jones. It's actually the beginning of a whole new way of doing business, the unexpected heiress by Frank W Butterfield is book, one in the Nick and Carter series and is available now on Audible and iTunes. E news, it ain't pretty in the end for Nick and his lover, a strapping, firefighter named Carter Jones. It's actually the beginning of a whole new way of doing business, the unexpected heiress by Frank W Butterfield is book, one in the Nick and Carter series and is available now on Audible and iTunes.