"gomer" (was: Air Force Language (1962); Medical Slang (1994))

[Fred Shapiro]

On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Laurence Horn wrote:

> I seem to recall rustic--or non-rustic--simpletons also being dubbed
> "Homer" (well back before Homer Simpson, whose dubbers may have
> exploited this tendency).

I believe the major characters on the Simpsons are named after members of
Matt Groening's real-life family.

Fred Shapiro


--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fred R. Shapiro                             Editor
Associate Librarian for Public Services     YALE DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS
  and Lecturer in Legal Research            Yale University Press,
Yale Law School                             forthcoming
e-mail: fred.shapiro at yale.edu               http://quotationdictionary.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------------