Eponymic verbs

[nq:1]I'm compiling a list of eponymic verbs. So far I have bowdlerize, boycott, galvanise, gerrymander, guillotine, hoover, lynch,mesmerize, pasteurize, sandwich and silhouette. What am I missing?[/nq]
Why are you richlering this list?
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[nq:1]I'm compiling a list of eponymic verbs. So far I have bowdlerize, boycott, galvanise, gerrymander, guillotine, hoover, lynch,mesmerize, pasteurize, sandwich and silhouette. What am I missing?[/nq]
For one thing, as you have done, you can take many eponymic nouns that have been verbified, like "macadamize", so I'm not sure how interesting an exercise this is. If you restrict yourself to p

How about 'to Jones'. Does this count as eponymy since it doesn't refer to a specific person? It comes from the idiom : keep up with the Jones'.

jk

[nq:1]How about 'to Jones'. Does this count as eponymy since it doesn't refer to a specific person? It comes from the idiom : keep up with the Jones'.[/nq]
How does 'start to go into withdrawal' relate to "keep up with the Joneses"?

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To xerox.
I don't if "to google" qualifies if it comes from Barney Google.

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[nq:1]I'm compiling a list of eponymic verbs. So far I have bowdlerize, boycott, galvanise, gerrymander, guillotine, hoover, lynch,mesmerize, pasteurize, sandwich and silhouette. What am I missing?[/nq]
Over in alt.folklore.urban, one speaks of "edricing"...named for one of the regulars, this refers to posting a reply in a thread that has been dormant for three or fo

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[nq:1]I'm compiling a list of eponymic verbs. So far I have bowdlerize, boycott, galvanise, gerrymander, guillotine, hoover, lynch,mesmerize, pasteurize, sandwich and silhouette. What am I missing?[/nq]
There are a bunch from commerce such as simonize and martinize, and from

[nq:1]I'm compiling a list of eponymic verbs. So far I have bowdlerize, boycott, galvanise, gerrymander, guillotine, hoover, lynch,mesmerize, pasteurize, sandwich and silhouette. What am I missing?[/nq]
I'm guessing that "to ralph" doesn't count as it's probably just onomatopoetic. "To hoover" is uncommon in the US. "One hour martinizing" comes to mind, but I never really understood what exact

[nq:2]I'm compiling a list of eponymic verbs. So far I ... hoover, lynch,mesmerize, pasteurize, sandwich and silhouette. What am I missing?[/nq]
[nq:1]There are a bunch from commerce such as simonize and martinize,[/nq]
Which reminds me: mercerize.

[nq:2]I'm compiling a list of eponymic verbs. So far I ... hoover, lynch,mesmerize, pasteurize, sandwich and silhouette. What am I missing?[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm guessing that "to ralph" doesn't count as it's probably just onomatopoetic. "To hoover" is uncommon in the US.[/nq]
In the US, I wouldn't say that I know it as being in use to mean, literally, "to vacuum-clean", but I've seen it used fig