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#eponym — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Heliograph @[email protected] ·

    TIL "#boycott - to refuse to do business with, as a sign of disapproval. The #eponym inspiration was Captain Charles Boycott (1832-97), an Irish land agent so treated in 1880, in an attempt by the Irish Land League to get a break on #rent." visualthesaurus.com/?word=boyc

    #boycott #eponym #rent
  2. Heliograph @[email protected] ·

    TIL "#boycott - to refuse to do business with, as a sign of disapproval. The #eponym inspiration was Captain Charles Boycott (1832-97), an Irish land agent so treated in 1880, in an attempt by the Irish Land League to get a break on #rent." visualthesaurus.com/?word=boyc

    #boycott #eponym #rent
  3. Heliograph @[email protected] ·

    TIL "#boycott - to refuse to do business with, as a sign of disapproval. The #eponym inspiration was Captain Charles Boycott (1832-97), an Irish land agent so treated in 1880, in an attempt by the Irish Land League to get a break on #rent." visualthesaurus.com/?word=boyc

    #boycott #eponym #rent
  4. Heliograph @[email protected] ·

    TIL "#boycott - to refuse to do business with, as a sign of disapproval. The #eponym inspiration was Captain Charles Boycott (1832-97), an Irish land agent so treated in 1880, in an attempt by the Irish Land League to get a break on #rent." visualthesaurus.com/?word=boyc

    #rent #eponym #boycott
  5. Heliograph @[email protected] ·

    TIL "#boycott - to refuse to do business with, as a sign of disapproval. The #eponym inspiration was Captain Charles Boycott (1832-97), an Irish land agent so treated in 1880, in an attempt by the Irish Land League to get a break on #rent." visualthesaurus.com/?word=boyc

    #boycott #eponym #rent
  6. Buridan's procrastinator ⁂ @[email protected] ·
    CW: half joking

    reddit enshittif'implosion:

    I can't wrap my head around the name #Huffman standing for anything but compression.

    So I'm angry at that Elon-emulating moron, chiefly for ruining the #eponym.

    But also grateful for the waves of new #fediverse users.

    #huffman #eponym #fediverse
  7. Buridan's procrastinator ⁂ @[email protected] ·
    CW: half joking

    reddit enshittif'implosion:

    I can't wrap my head around the name #Huffman standing for anything but compression.

    So I'm angry at that Elon-emulating moron, chiefly for ruining the #eponym.

    But also grateful for the waves of new #fediverse users.

    #huffman #eponym #fediverse
  8. Buridan's procrastinator ⁂ @[email protected] ·
    CW: half joking

    reddit enshittif'implosion:

    I can't wrap my head around the name #Huffman standing for anything but compression.

    So I'm angry at that Elon-emulating moron, chiefly for ruining the #eponym.

    But also grateful for the waves of new #fediverse users.

    #huffman #eponym #fediverse
  9. Buridan's procrastinator ⁂ @[email protected] ·
    CW: half joking

    reddit enshittif'implosion:

    I can't wrap my head around the name #Huffman standing for anything but compression.

    So I'm angry at that Elon-emulating moron, chiefly for ruining the #eponym.

    But also grateful for the waves of new #fediverse users.

    #fediverse #eponym #huffman
  10. Buridan's procrastinator ⁂ @[email protected] ·
    CW: half joking

    reddit enshittif'implosion:

    I can't wrap my head around the name #Huffman standing for anything but compression.

    So I'm angry at that Elon-emulating moron, chiefly for ruining the #eponym.

    But also grateful for the waves of new #fediverse users.

    #huffman #eponym #fediverse