Phileas Fogg

Phileas Fogg is the protagonist of Jules Verne's 1872 novel *Around the World in Eighty Days*—a wealthy, meticulous English gentleman who wagers he can circumnavigate the globe in the titular timeframe.

The name has become shorthand for ambitious travel or precise scheduling: She's doing a Phileas Fogg through Southeast Asia.

around the worldEncircling the entire planet
aroundIn the vicinity
eightyEight times ten
daysTwenty-four-hour spans
wagerStake on uncertainty

balloon · passport · journey · Victorian · gentleman · punctual · world traveler · Reform · detective · steamship · steam train · India · elephant · rescue · London · Jules · Verne · adventure

Opposites

mobility and adventure

Phileas Fogghomebody

One preferring domestic life

hermit · recluse · agoraphobe · shut-in · Miss Havisham

temperament and method

Phileas FoggDon Quixote

Delusional self-proclaimed knight-errant

Captain Jack Sparrow · hothead · scatterbrain · loose cannon

social engagement

Phileas FoggFalstaff

Comic knight, corpulent braggart

bon vivant · socialite · party animal · extrovert · man about town

Family

fog, fogs, foggy, foggier, foggiest, fogginess

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G