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  1. DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab (djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Dec-2017 19:26:50 EST DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab

    is there a word for things that are named after people who would be unpleased to be associated with the thing in later days?

    for example, Sylvester Graham and graham crackers ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_cracker )

    the dear reverend graham would abhor the s'more that depends on the crackers named in his sake

    In conversation Tuesday, 05-Dec-2017 19:26:50 EST from toot-lab.reclaim.technology permalink
    1. moved (riley@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Dec-2017 19:27:22 EST moved moved
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      @djsundog General Tso would hate his chicken. Too sweet.

      In conversation Tuesday, 05-Dec-2017 19:27:22 EST from mastodon.social permalink
    2. Annah (maiyannah@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Dec-2017 19:54:25 EST Annah Annah
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      @djsundog "Regret"
      In conversation Tuesday, 05-Dec-2017 19:54:25 EST from community.highlandarrow.com permalink
    3. Pat Malone (malone@scholar.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2017 08:34:04 EST Pat Malone Pat Malone
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      Dear Professor Zener would have been appalled that the "ESP deck" was named after him. @djsundog

      In conversation Wednesday, 06-Dec-2017 08:34:04 EST from scholar.social permalink
    4. Kara Dreamer ⚧ (kara@occult.camp)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2017 09:16:31 EST Kara Dreamer ⚧ Kara Dreamer ⚧
      in reply to

      @djsundog the world of chess provides many odd examples of openings being named inappropriately, none more so than the inferior Black defense 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 (White can take the e5 pawn anyway, with advantage). A Renaissance Portuguese chess writer named Pedro Damiano mentioned the defence briefly, only to say that it's bad; nevertheless history saw fit to name it Damiano's Defence.

      In conversation Wednesday, 06-Dec-2017 09:16:31 EST from occult.camp permalink
    5. ‭‮ʀᴇᴛᴛɪᴡT‮ 💀 (twitter@mastodon.technology)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Dec-2017 20:02:15 EST ‭‮ʀᴇᴛᴛɪᴡT‮ 💀 ‭‮ʀᴇᴛᴛɪᴡT‮ 💀
      in reply to

      @djsundog what a grahtastrophe

      In conversation Tuesday, 05-Dec-2017 20:02:15 EST from mastodon.technology permalink
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