Namely, 20

NAMELY

eponym (EP-oh-nim)

a word based on or derived from a person's name.

First Known Use: mid-19^th century

“What’s in a Name?”

Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, 2.2­­

20: jumbo: something that is very large; also used as an adjective (from the name of the elephant exhibited by P. T. Barnum; Jumbo died in 1885 after being hit by a train; first use of word—1883)

Now here’s a phrase to make you laugh—

It’s “jumbo shrimp” (just laugh, don’t cry!)—

An oxymoron—epitaph

For language gone a bit awry.

We now use “jumbo” all the time—

For things that range from this to that—

And that poor elephant sublime,

Dragged from his natural habitat

And given such a silly name

Would see it in the grocery store—

Oh, naming: such a human game!—

And if he could, I bet he’d roar!