The Reverend Guppy's Aquarium: From Joseph Frisbie to Roy Jacuzzi, How Everyday Items were Named for Extraordinary People

The Reverend Guppy's Aquarium: From Joseph Frisbie to Roy Jacuzzi, How Everyday Items were Named for Extraordinary People

By Dodd, Philip

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Books › Language Arts & Disciplines › Linguistics › Etymology

Books › Humor › Form › Essays

ISBN: 1592403476 / Publisher: Gotham, December 2007

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Explores the lives and stories of the people behind everyday eponymous words, including the New Haven baker whose pie tins inspired Wham-O's flying disc, the innovator of the bubbling spa, and a German doctor for whom the g-spot was named. Read More
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