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Subject:Re: Word hunt From:Susan Rowlett <rowlett -at- WAII -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 12 Nov 1996 15:41:28 -0600
Amusing to some, but not quite right:
"Antecedent"
"Prototype"
"Forerunner"
"Precursor"
Thanks for the diversion. Now back to work everyone.
> Ze question is:
> I'm searching for a word that means "the thing you're
> named after." Not namesake--that's the other way
> around. This would be like: the State of Indiana was
> Indiana Jones' ______________.
