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8 People Who Inspired Words (For Embarrassing Reasons)

cracked.com — Of all the honors a man can be granted--statues, tributes, whores--there's nothing like having your last name turned into a word to ensure your immortality. Unless, of course, you earned the word because you ***** up so badly the world just had to remember your horrible example.

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  • Sublex, on 01/08/2009, -1/+31Marquis du Sade > Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch
  • sockpuppets, on 01/08/2009, -2/+27My friend Johnathan Google could find anything for me. It was a fantastic friendship until the day he introduced me to Ralph Goatse.
  • houseofbacon, on 01/08/2009, -3/+25Thank god the Cracked article is up for the day... I almost had to start working!
  • iPood, on 01/08/2009, -2/+18Andy: I really 'Schruted' it.
    Michael: What?
    Andy: 'Schruted' it. It's just this thing that people say around your office all the time. Like, when you screw something up in a really irreversible way, you 'Schruted' it. I don't know where it comes from though. Do you think it comes from Dwight Schrute?
    Michael: I don't know. Who knows how words are formed.
  • danwallace, on 01/08/2009, -1/+14Imagine if those two met.
  • JMead, on 01/08/2009, -0/+12No Rick Santorum?
  • Pledio, on 01/08/2009, -0/+11All my life, I've been getting munson'ed
  • ator1, on 01/08/2009, -0/+11I didn't make it to the bathroom in time and I dubya'd in my jeans.
  • Zarokima, on 01/08/2009, -1/+12Rule 34!
  • Garlik, on 01/08/2009, -3/+10Kudos, Crack. I have had a great moment of my time today spent on reading this fascinating article. Many a salutation to your writer and editor. I am glad to be in thy presence day by day. Today's article did not disappoint and one day, I too shall have reasons to write similar concepts in my works of literary masterpieces. Thank you for encouraging me to further my talents and aspirations.
    Sincerely,
    Dane Cook
  • Zarokima, on 01/08/2009, -1/+8If you replaced "Obama" with "Bush" or "Dubya" and "four" with "a few," you would most likely have a true statement.
  • mwalker05, on 01/08/2009, -0/+6it's true. he owned a successful plumbing company. the word "crapper" was put on all of its toilets, hence toilets became known as "crapper's" in much the way tissues are called kleenex's

    while he didnt invent the toilet itself, he invented the ballcock, which is what toilets use to flush.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crapper
  • Sylocat, on 01/08/2009, -4/+10Cracked actually pokes a little fun at themselves for always spreading their lists across two pages. Kudos!
  • aflaks, on 01/08/2009, -0/+4I've pulled my share of Homer Simpsons over my life
  • negrin, on 01/08/2009, -0/+4This is so educational.
  • cathpah, on 01/08/2009, -0/+4my number one first thought.

    that's bologna pogna
  • tdogg241, on 01/08/2009, -0/+4Totally disappointing. I kept scrolling through the list thinking he was highly placed on the list, only to find him absent. For shame, Cracked.
  • jkoby, on 01/08/2009, -4/+7How about the guy, Thomas Crapper? Cracked lists fail to perform again...
  • ArcherNX01, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2Yeah.. more like every day round my corner of LA
  • bear90039, on 01/08/2009, -0/+2Is there no mention of the <Marqis de Sade. In LA we celebrate his birthday every year.
  • inactive, on 01/08/2009, -1/+3No Homer Simpson?
  • bear90039, on 01/08/2009, -1/+3The word 'trump has been used for hundreds of years in card games. Poker, Bridge,ect. It means high suit. Donald had nothing to do with it. He does have a cool name though.
  • whatthefu, on 01/08/2009, -1/+3http://www.snopes.com/business/names/crapper.asp

    Last paragraph.
  • CaptainNoPants, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2It's a tough world. These kids nearly got Munsoned. Through the Unified Fund, I found out that if you give a little, you can get back a lot.
  • hamobu, on 01/08/2009, -1/+3Draco - draconian
  • inactive, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2I LOL'd...
  • ReDoEr, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2what about Joe Hooker?
  • Zarokima, on 01/08/2009, -1/+3I have never heard that.
  • Soave, on 01/11/2009, -0/+1I love how frustrated Andy is after Michael's response(s).
  • CarStan, on 01/08/2009, -0/+1Judging by the FP, it seems like everyone else got their weekly Cracked newsletter with the best articles of the week. Sweeeeet..
  • kcap122, on 01/08/2009, -1/+2Schruted it.
  • ArmandoM, on 01/09/2009, -1/+2I was sure I'd see a reference to "getting a Lewinski"
  • Grazfather, on 01/08/2009, -3/+3I love cracked lists
  • sooska, on 01/08/2009, -1/+1No Bombast?
  • mozert, on 01/08/2009, -2/+2Dugg for Cracked
  • Hercules, on 01/08/2009, -12/+1If George Carlin isn't on the list it's a ***** list.
  • shakabrah, on 01/08/2009, -12/+1where's Rickroll?
  • PhillyOC, on 01/08/2009, -15/+1What about Trump? I have heard of it used in reference to money a million times. eg; "Damn that dude gots a lot o' trump. Let's jack that fool."

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