Other forms: misnomers
A misnomer is a name that gives the wrong idea of what a thing is. A complete misnomer, something of a misnomer, the name is a misnomer.
English is full of them, since a peanut is not a nut and a koala bear is not a bear. Calling something a misnomer is usually the start of an explanation nobody asked for and everybody enjoys.
1nounmisnomerA name that gives the wrong idea of what a thing is.
“Calling it a shortcut was a misnomer, since it took us an hour longer.”
misnomer is a name.