A regular eponym is something named after a person, such as nehru jacket, boycott, volt, bloomer, gerrymander and quisling. A para-eponym is something named after a variation on a person's name, and can be a noun, adjective or verb.
Two para-eponyms are Count Chocula (from Count Dracula) cereal and Cherry Garcia (from Jerry Garcia, a musician favorite of Ben and Jerry) ice cream.
by gm2l June 20, 2010
by What else is new? April 18, 2005
buying irrelevant, unnecessary and unwanted things, buying out of the mainstream, deliberately buying non-advertised goods, buying between advertisements, superficial shopping, collateral shopping, a selection of less desirable and less important items as an act.
She went para-shopping.
by word act January 18, 2018
1. a : uneducated, cultured. b : unable to do much reading or writing.
2. an unbelievable penchant for poor grammar and extremely bad spelling;
SEE - Bill.
2. an unbelievable penchant for poor grammar and extremely bad spelling;
SEE - Bill.
As a dyslexic para-literate, English was his a second language, but he had no first, and everything he wrote sounded like broken Shakespeare.
by the Professor from Podunk January 2, 2011
by OOGA BOOGA LIKES CAKE June 17, 2019
by Not Richard January 22, 2008
by bonerman27 October 21, 2014