Name dropping?
Subtitle: a no-nonsense guide to the use of names in everyday language
By: Philip Gooden
Publisher: A. & C. Black
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780713675887
Subjects: Dictionaries; Eponyms; Personal Names
Description: There are hundreds of words derived from real people who are famous enough to give their stamp to a movement, a way of thinking or acting, a style or even a mood. Listed alphabetically, this is a guide to the better known or more intriguing of these terms from figures in poliics, sport, and the arts.
Notes: Includes index.