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Examples of mono-eponymous concepts include:
 
Examples of mono-eponymous concepts include:
 
* [[Weiner's Laws]]
 
* [[Weiner's Laws]]
* [[Sorice's Rule of Blogs]]
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* [[Sorice's Rules of Blogs]]
 
* [[Magin's Analogy]]
 
* [[Magin's Analogy]]
 
* [[Magin's Law]]
 
* [[Magin's Law]]

Revision as of 22:58, 10 March 2019

Arthur's Paradox is an observation about quizbowl made by Bruce Arthur. It states that while quizbowl players adore concepts that are doubly-, triply-, or otherwise poly-eponymous, virtually no concepts created by quizbowl players to describe quizbowl are poly-eponymous.

Examples

Examples of mono-eponymous concepts include:

Ironically, Arthur's Paradox is also an example.

Exceptions

Noted exceptions to Arthur's Paradox include: