# Names becoming verbs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 12, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-becoming-verbs/578043 "2011-04-12T02:22:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-becoming-verbs/578043/21 "2011-04-13T19:17:49Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I use “hoover” to refer to a different act. That was covered in a previous post: > [@osme](#): > > Lewinsky. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-becoming-verbs/578043/22 "2011-04-13T19:34:55Z")
Some from mythology: echo vulcanize mentor muse panic Those are the only verbs I can think of off the top of my head, but there must be many others. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-becoming-verbs/578043/23 "2011-04-14T14:29:50Z")
[Dave Volz](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Volz) was an American pole vaulter who was very adept at steadying the bar at the top of his jump to prevent the bar from falling off. Occasionally he could even take a bar that had started to fall and place it back on the pegs for a successful jump. The technique is referred to as Volzing, but it became illegal shortly after he and others became quite adept at it. Can’t seem to find any videos of him doing it though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-becoming-verbs/578043.md?page=1)