misnomer

a teacher used as an excuse to skip class

La'Tron why were you absent from class yesterday?", "man, i was up in misnomer class

by dirtydiapaz March 14, 2011

Misnomer

A wrong or inaccurate use of a name or term.

Person 1: The United States is wonderful isn't it?Democracy at its finest.
Person 2: That's a Misnomer,The United States is a Republic.If it were a Democracy then Al Gore would have won the 2000 Presidential Election as he had the majority of popular votes.

by Call me Mike April 23, 2013

Misnomer

1.) A word that has a very decieving name.
2.) Any name defined on the Urban Dictionary

1.) I walked across turtle street expecting turtles, and I saw a bunch of tortoises. #totalmisnomer #toomanyhashtags
2.) Jeff: I looked up my name on the Urban dictionary. I'm a god now.

All sane human beings: Oh, it's a misnomer.

by PrepKeNile October 27, 2014

Misnomer

A misleading name or phrase.

Examples of a Misnomer:
Greenland
Iceland
Strawberry
Blueberry
Government Efficiency

by A4775 December 13, 2020

Misnomered

An inappropriate and/or inaccurate designation. When aforementioned designation is made.

A dirty hobo? No, a hobo rides the rails. You misnomered me!

by bookofevans January 22, 2022

Misnomerally

A combination of the words "misnomer" and "nominally," meaning something that is mistakenly called by a certain name or categorized incorrectly

1. The neck pumpkin is misnomerally referred to as a butternut squash.
2. The restaurant claimed to serve authentic Italian food, but the dishes were only misnomerally Italian.
3. He misnomerally described himself as an expert, even though he was more of a Jack of all trades, master of none.

by Nik Xero November 24, 2024

Misnomerism

Misnomerism -- calling one thing something else to link those things. Subcategories: branding, irony, etc

My Pear laptop makes me think that scripts are models... So I did 2 misnomerisms

by jsegerton February 5, 2020