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The act of mistaking a snake
Kevin bought 50 crates of pythons thinking they were adders. He was misnaken
Misnake by Sausage champ July 14, 2016

Misamericanization

Noun. /mis. əˌmer.ɪ.kən.əˈzeɪ.ʃən

The act of applying to your country or culture something that unequivocally belongs to the United States.
Kevonne (a Canadian genderqueer white knight): "Look Mo'NiQ, the US Supreme Court is overturning Roe v Wade!!!"
Mo'NiQ (a self-identifying Canadian non-binary person of transgender experience): "WHAT?!?!?!? We must immediately fight to protect all Canadian pregnant persons' right to get an abortion, even if the baby is crowning!!!"
Julie (a US female citizen on a working visa): "Guys, this is misamericanization. It doesn't concern your country."

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.
Misnomer by PrepKeNile October 27, 2014

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
misnomer by dirtydiapaz March 14, 2011

Misnomer 

Examples of a Misnomer:
Greenland
Iceland
Strawberry
Blueberry
Government Efficiency
Misnomer by A4775 December 13, 2020

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
Misnomerism by jsegerton February 5, 2020