Names make not only news but also profits; and as Amelia Bloomer and Captain Boycott taught us, names also make words.

Charles Ponzi wasn't the first to try it, but he has joined Dr. Bowdler and Captain Boycott among those whose names will forever be terms of abuse.

He appeared in Captain Boycott (1947) and as the elderly sailor whose death marooned the lovers-to-be in the first sound film version of The Blue Lagoon (1949).

Eponyms, as fans of Amelia Bloomer and Captain Boycott know, are words based on names.

This ostracisation became known as 'boycotting' and Captain Boycott was left with no option but to leave Mayo and take his family with him to England.

Captain Boycott had been boycotted by the tenants because he was always robbing them and evicting them.

The Irish Land League then proposed that instead of becoming violent, everyone in the community should stop doing business with Captain Boycott.

Captain Boycott (1947)

Captain Boycott moved to Corrymore House after his residence at Keem was burnt down.

There she met Launder, who gave her a small part in his 1947 film "Captain Boycott," with Stewart Granger.