The origins of various terms that either gained their nomenclature from being named for actual people or are generally believed to have gained their names in that fashion.
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The protocol followed by some stores when a child is reported missing called "Code Adam" after 6-year-old Adam Walsh, who was abducted and murdered in 1981.
Coffee is sometimes referred to as a "cup of joe" because of Secretary of the Navy
Josephus Daniels.
The "Real McCoy" refers to a type of automatic oiler invented by a black man.
Dr. Joseph Guillotin invented the guillotine and was later executed with one of those machines.
Settlement of a wrongful death suit compels the Post Office to mail for free any letters with "Frank"
inscribed in the space where the stamp would otherwise go.