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Totally False Eponyms

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Published August 20, 2015 at 9:46 AM CDT

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An eponym is something that is named for a person. In this game, we pretend that some everyday words could be etymologically traced to a famous namesake. What kind of fuel might be named for the bald star of The Fast and the Furious franchise?

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