If your name became a word all on its own, what would you want it to mean?

If your name became a word all on its own, what would you want it to mean?

 

Eponyms: from Greek: eponumos, meaning=named after

 

An eponym means “A person whose name is or is thought to be the source of the name for something, such as: Romulus is the eponym of Rome”.

 

Here are a few examples you may or may not be acquainted with:

 

I ran across this gem in the research for my science fiction novel, “Anti-Vigilante and The Rips in Time”-

Coriolis force: A fictitious force used mathematically to describe motion, as of aircraft or cloud formations, relative to a noninertial, uniformly rotating frame of reference such as the earth. Named after Gaspard G. de Coriolis (1792-1843).

 

Hertz: A unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second, used in the measurement of electricity. Named after Heinrich R. Hertz (1857-1894).

 

Chauvinist- originally meant extremely, fanatically patriotic. Named after Nicholas Chauvin, a legendary French soldier, the word has now degenerated into meaning a sexist man. Talk about your pejoration!

 

Mudd- When someone says “your name is Mudd”, it means your reputation is besmirched and your career ruined. Dr. Samuel Mudd was the doctor who treated the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth, the actor who shot President Lincoln. Booth broke his leg in his escape attempt, and after an investigation Dr. Mudd was convicted of knowledge of the assassination conspiracy, and sentenced to life in prison. In 1869 Andrew Johnson, then President of the US, pardoned Dr. Mudd, but it was too late, his name was Mudd and history stamped his name to portray a “traitor” to this day!

Energetically Yours, Diane Tegarden

Author:

“Getting OUT of Limbo-A Self Help Divorce Book for Women”- available at www.Amazon.com, www.Target.com and www.firewalkerpublications.com

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