Do you know the word "sideburns"? The name comes from an American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside who was famous for his facial hair. "Sideburns" is therefore an eponym.
The people at Skunk Bear wrote this creative song to explain the eponym: a noun named after a person often the discoverer, inventor, etc. For example the saxophone family of instruments was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1840. Enjoy.
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