Eponyms (33)

Howard Shepherd and Dave Shepherd discuss some of their favorite eponymic expressions--common words taken from proper nouns (1:46) Song: 'Cellophane,' by Sattelite Hearts (13:56) Rude word of the week: 'chauvinist' (18:35) Song: 'Aphrodite's Child,' by Juliet Kelly (21:36) Eponyms from myth and literature (25:58) Thanks to emailers and voice-mailers. Ferg from the podcast Air Ferg scooped us on 'playing the dozens.' Chad from Mt. Airy, NC, gives us a couple of North Carolina-isms we left out. (30:55) Music courtesy of GarageBand.com Theme music by Kick the Cat time: 35:03 size: 16.2 Mb rating: PG (Discussion of the attitudes of male chauvinist pigs.)