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What (who) is misnomer - definition
WORD OR TERM THAT SUGGESTS A MEANING THAT IS KNOWN TO BE WRONG
List of misnomers; List of common misnomers; Anachronym; Misnomers; Non Indicative Name; Non indicative name; Non Indicative name; Non-Indicative Name; Non-indicative name
misnomer
(misnomers)
If you say that a word or name is a misnomer, you mean that it describes something incorrectly.
Herbal 'tea' is something of a misnomer because these drinks contain no tea at all.
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misnomer
¦ noun a wrong or inaccurate name or term.
?the wrong use of a name or term.
Origin
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr., from the OFr. verb mesnommer, from mes- 'wrongly' + nommer 'to name' (based on L. nomen 'name').
misnomer
n. the wrong name.
Wikipedia
Misnomer
A misnomer is a name that is incorrectly or unsuitably applied. Misnomers often arise because something was named long before its correct nature was known, or because an earlier form of something has been replaced by a later form to which the name no longer suitably applies. A misnomer may also be simply a word that someone uses incorrectly or misleadingly. The word "misnomer" does not mean "misunderstanding" or "popular misconception", and a number of misnomers remain in common usage — which is to say that a word being a misnomer does not necessarily make usage of the word incorrect.
Examples of use of misnomer
1. The "handover of power" last June was always a misnomer.
2. "City" is a misnomer for it, actually: Dalian has more people than all of Israel.
3. Regrettably, LA Galaxy is proving to be something of a misnomer this term.
4. Drunken members routinely mispronounced it as "Crips" and the misnomer stuck.
5. And in fact, calling them weapons would be a misnomer," Venable said.