Should Gervais win, his name would enter the lexicon.
“Don’t be such a Gervais.”
“He’s trying to Gervais his way through.”
Can you think of any other pop culture individuals whose names have entered common usage?
Hey, wasn’t there a TV show who said something about getting a Lewinsky?
It’s spelled Gervase, which is a really neat name, if you ask me.
The word “guy” came from the name of one the participants in the gunpowder plot against the British Parliment - “Guy Fawkes”. It was considered an insult for a long time before evolving into the current usage.
Sorry for the misspelling, but its gots ta be pronounced Jervis to signify his utter worthlessness.
How about Bobbitt? Surely that name is now synonymous with any penile amputations.
Lewinsky has become another way of saying “blow job”.