moth
n.— «Brian Urlacher is anything but a moth, the term for athletes drawn to the TV lights and the chances to be center stage literally and figuratively.» —“Urlacher averse to hype” by John Mullin ChicagoSports.com Jan. 28, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Colette Hiller’s Colossal Words for Kids: 75 Tremendous Words: Neatly Defined to Stick in the Mind (Bookshop|Amazon) uses clever rhymes to help children learn big, fun-to-say words like magnanimous, discombobulated, and acquiesce. This...
Jacuzzi and silhouette are eponyms — that is, they derive from the names of people. An Italian immigrant to California invented the bubbly hot tub called a jacuzzi. And the word silhouette commemorates a penny-pinching treasury secretary who lasted...