2020-11-06
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด M - Misnomer
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง Misnomer = ‘mis-NOH-mer’
Dictionary.com
WORDS OFTEN CONFUSED WITH MISNOMER
Misnomer is not a fancy, more elevated word for mistake.
Nor is it a synonym
for misstatement, misconception, or misunderstanding.
As the word's Latin etymon nōmināre (“to name”) tells us, a misnomer
is a special kind of mistake: a wrong name.
The consequences of a mistake can range from
trivial to catastrophic—from typos to train wrecks.
But a misnomer is often just embarrassing,
like trying to impress a friend
by referring to a Burgundy wine as a “Bordeaux.”
Sometimes, however,
what began as a misnomer has become a standard term:
the game of Chinese checkers does not come from China;
the funny bone is a nerve, not a bone;
hay fever is not caused by hay and is not a fever;
and a pregnant woman's morning sickness can occur at any time of day.
Other kinds of mistakes or misunderstandings
—giving a driver wrong directions,
thinking that the earth is flat,
drawing an erroneous conclusion
—are not misnomers.
In fact, the word misnomer
when used to describe a behavioral mistake or a misperception of reality
is itself a misnomer!
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Don't Mistake the Meaning of Misnomer
What's in a name?
Well, in some cases,
a name will contain an error, a misunderstanding, or a mislabeling.
Historians have long noted that
the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire.
The Battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought on Breed's Hill.
And the Pennsylvania Dutch are actually of German ancestry.
For such cases we have the term "misnomer,"
which comes from the Anglo-French verb mesnomer ("to misname") and ultimately from "nomen," the Latin word for "name."
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Trend Watch
Trump: That's Just a 'Misnomer'
Lookups rose over 9000%
4 Jan 2018
Misnomer found itself, blinking and confused, at the very top of our lookups on January 4th, 2018; the word was propelled there not by any virtue or design of its own, but rather through an apparent misuse by President Donald Trump.
Mr Trump later said to reporters on Mr Bannon: "He called me a great man last night. So he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. I don’t talk to him ... that’s just a misnomer.”
— Ben Riley-Smith, The Telegraph, 4 Jan. 2018
The senses of misnomer that we define are as follows:
The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument
A use of a wrong or inappropriate name
A wrong name or inappropriate designation
Trump seems to have adopted a broadened sense
in using the word as a synonym for mistake or misconception.
This use is common enough that finding examples presents little difficulty, yet not common enough to have become accepted usage.
”I’ve started a girls camp every year that’s packed to capacity.
To say I’m not out in the community, that is just a misnomer.”
— Daily Press, (Newsport News, VA), 21 Apr. 2016
”The perception that somehow the states are awash in cash is not just a misnomer but an injustice,” says Utah Gov. Michael Leavitt, a Republican who chairs the National Governors’ Association.
— Palladium-Item (Richmond, IN), 10 Jul. 2000
Common Errors In English Usage Dictionary
Misnomer
A misnomer is mistake in naming a thing;
calling a debit card a “credit card” is a misnomer.
Do not use the term more generally to designate other sorts of confusion, misunderstood concepts, or fallacies,
and above all do not render this word as “misnamer.”
