# Eponyms and such

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 26, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eponyms-and-such/1021349 "2025-07-26T02:16:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eponyms-and-such/1021349/1 "2025-07-26T02:16:56Z")

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I coined, I think, the term “coldplaying” to mean cheating on someone, in the Coldplay couple thread.

Like “gaslighting” for the movie Gaslight.

Do you know or can you come up with other cromulent ones?

I’m just a becky doing Becky things. So I can’t think of more.  
There must be 1000s.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eponyms-and-such/1021349/2 "2025-07-26T17:52:14Z")

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I thought of another known one, “going postal”.

I made up another. Being “mankiewizced”

See if you can figure that one out.