Part of a project called Aurorasaurus (SN Online: 4/3/15), the citizen scientists initially gave the phenomenon its moniker before its association with ion drift was known. (sciencenews.org)
Ratzlaff gave the phenomenon a fun, new name, Steve, and it stuck. (sciencedaily.com)
The 2013 paper gave this phenomenon a very long, technical name: «solvent cavitation under solvo - phobic confinement.» (pnnl.gov)