It’s also interesting that the idea of a Big Bang originated with Georges Lemaître — a Catholic priest and theoretical physicist. He called it the "hypothesis of the primeval atom” initially.
The term itself was invented by his opponents who sort of ridiculed Georges initially.
Good point, but I think radical ideas that end up being eventually accepted, and also ending up taking the name the opponents give them, sometimes as ridicule, are notable.
The term itself was invented by his opponents who sort of ridiculed Georges initially.