List of verbs derived from personal names
- List of verbs derived from personal names
This is a list of verbs derived from the names of real people.
Common
* Boycott
** To abstain from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organisation as an expression of protest or as a means of coercion.
** From: Charles Boycott
* Burke
** To suffocate.
** From: William Burke
* Guillotine
** To execute somebody by decapitation with a guillotine.
** From: Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
* Lynch
** To execute without a proper legal trial.
** From: Charles Lynch, or (less probably) William Lynch
* Hoover
** To vacuum the floor.
** From: The Hoover Company
* Google
** To search Internet for information using a search engine (presumably [http://www.google.com/about.html google.com] ).
** From: [http://www.google.com/about.html Google Inc.]
Less common
*
** To selfishly keep all of something for oneself.
** From: Humphrey Bogart who is commonly seen with cigarettes, but rarely seen smoking.
* Bork
** To destroy a judicial nominee through a concerted attack on his character, background and philosophy.
** From: Robert Bork
* Bobbit
** To remove a man's penis.
** From: Lorena Bobbit
* Garn
** To vomit.
** From: Jake Garn
References
* [http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/transcripts_100705_letters.html onthemedia.org]
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