Comment on A swing and a miss

Snowclone@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• starik@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  misnomer [mis-ˈnō-mər ] noun. a metaphor that doesn’t make sense

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  • adj16@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    In case anyone thinks you’re being serious:

    misnomer /mĭs-nō′mər/

    noun

    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 object.

    www.wordnik.com/words/misnomer

    dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/…/misnomer

    www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misnomer

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    • TipsyMcGee@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      For what ever reason, your assumption that someone would just take it at face value and, presumably, use it incorrectly, made me think of that female redditor that used to call her short brother “a grower, not a shower” in front of people until she learned what it meant.

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      • adj16@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        😂

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  • kingofras@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They know what someone is who doesn’t have their own skin colour. Surely that must count for something

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• wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Right? It’s a song by AFI, duh.

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  • frank@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Miss normer can i

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