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'''Eponomy''' is a word originating from someone's name.

Examples include:

*quisling, from Major Vidkun Quisling
*boycott, from Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott
*shrapnel, from British General Henry S. Shrapnel
*bloomer, from Miss Amelia Bloomer
*derrick, from an English hangman of the 1600s named Derrick

== References ==

*[[Best New Conservative Words]]
*[[''Safire's Political Dictionary'']], at pp. 596-97.

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