Biggest Misnomer

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Give examples!

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Reality TV.

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Why is that a misnomer? Everything is reality!

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Grapefruit

― winterland, Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Pineapple.

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:36 (twenty-two years ago)

and eggplant.

― winterland, Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Grapefruit not really ... first recorded 1693 in Hans Sloane's catalog of Jamaican plants; presumably it originated there from chance hybrids between other cultivated citrus. So called because it grows in clusters.

― x j e r e m y (x Jeremy), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Intelligence Community

― Cheapest line in every sub-paranoid conspiracy movie ever (daveb), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:43 (twenty-two years ago)

oxymoron ?‚ misnomer!

― x j e r e m y (x Jeremy), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:46 (twenty-two years ago)

grapenuts

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:53 (twenty-two years ago)

driveway vs. parkway

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 12:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I Love Everything

I Love Music is a bit closer to truth

― Bumfluff, Wednesday, 28 July 2004 13:35 (twenty-two years ago)

earmuffs

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Médecins Sans Frontières

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Intelligent Dance Music

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Ryan Seacrest

― Huk-El (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:47 (twenty-two years ago)

emotional intelligence

― paulhw (paulhw), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:54 (twenty-two years ago)

the category of "misnomer" encompasses more than just contradictions in terms

― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:55 (twenty-two years ago)

that saddam hussein was responsible for 9/11

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

that's not a misnomer, that's a misapprehension.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:00 (twenty-two years ago)

i think we need a definition

― Symplistic (shmuel), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:39 (twenty-two years ago)

mis·no·mer

1. An error in naming a person or place.
2. Application of a wrong name.
3. A name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object.

― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:41 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't know what y'all are talking about on this thread but I just wanted to solve the problem for you: I have the biggest misnomer. End of discussion. If you want pictures, hit up my email beefaujus@hotmail.com.

― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't think Tuomas suggested 'Intelligent Dance Music' because he thought it was a contradiction in terms.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Greenland/Iceland

― The Dreaded Rear Admiral (Leee), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 21:17 (twenty-two years ago)

The free world.

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 29 July 2004 11:56 (twenty-two years ago)

The Red Sea

― ___ (___), Thursday, 29 July 2004 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)

the sea of tranquility

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 29 July 2004 12:02 (twenty-two years ago)

You're right Alba, I suggested Intelligent Dance Music because you can't actually dance to most of it.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 29 July 2004 12:12 (twenty-two years ago)

"w" = double u

― dyson (dyson), Thursday, 29 July 2004 12:40 (twenty-two years ago)

In Finnish it's called double v.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 29 July 2004 12:43 (twenty-two years ago)

same with french

― dyson (dyson), Thursday, 29 July 2004 12:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Tigermilk

(someone had to..)

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Thursday, 29 July 2004 12:46 (twenty-two years ago)

New York

― enrique (Enrique), Thursday, 29 July 2004 12:47 (twenty-two years ago)

tigernuts

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Thursday, 29 July 2004 12:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Tiger Balm

― hobart paving (hobart paving), Thursday, 29 July 2004 12:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Tiger Tim

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 29 July 2004 12:50 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

premium unleaded petrol (is the cheaper option)

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 17 July 2006 13:26 (twenty years ago)

"what's the deal with homework? you're not working on your home..."

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Monday, 17 July 2006 13:51 (twenty years ago)

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