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Eponym

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Chill Bump - The Eponym [Official Video]

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eponyms

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"Use Your Words: Eponyms" by Adventure Academy

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EPONYM - Lazy Boy

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Chill Bump - The Eponym [Official Audio]

An eponym is a person, place, or thing after whom or after which something is named, or believed to be named. The adjectives derived from eponym include eponymous and eponymic. For example, Elizabeth I of England is the eponym of the Elizabethan era, and "the eponymous founder of the Ford Motor Company" refers to Henry Ford. Recent usage, especially in the recorded-music industry, also allows eponymous to mean "named after its central character or creator".
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