Timeline for What is the name of a word that doesn't mean what it says? [duplicate]
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| Nov 17, 2016 at 21:44 | comment | added | Hank |
@Mazura It's not a Misnomer if the name was intended to describe itself inaccurately. Misnomer implies that the naming was accidentally done incorrectly, as opposed to purposely done incorrectly.
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| Nov 17, 2016 at 3:01 | comment | added | Mazura | Duplicate of Word or phrase that can be used to say that a particular word doesn't describe {itself accurately}. 'Misnomers'.... | |
| Nov 17, 2016 at 2:59 | history | closed |
Janus Bahs Jacquet FumbleFingers Edwin Ashworth jimm101 Mazura |
Duplicate of Word whose form is contrary to its meaning?, Word/phrase that can be used to say that a particular word doesn't describe something | |
| Nov 16, 2016 at 22:36 | vote | accept | traveler84 | ||
| Nov 16, 2016 at 22:28 | answer | added | Hank | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 16, 2016 at 22:26 | comment | added | traveler84 | @Hank yeah, that seems by definition what I must be thinking. I thought there'd be a fancier word to sound smarter for a joke. "The ironically named group Anonymous..." Fill out an answer and I'll accept it. | |
| Nov 16, 2016 at 21:11 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @traveler84: Perhaps the word you're looking for is oxymoronic. We usually use that of combinations of words whose meanings seem inherently contradictory (freezer burn, jumbo shrimp, working vacation...), but I don't see why we shouldn't apply it to a single word like Anonymous when that specifically refers to a well-known group. | |
| Nov 16, 2016 at 21:09 | comment | added | Hank | Could you be thinking of the word Ironic? | |
| Nov 16, 2016 at 21:03 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Nov 16, 2016 at 20:57 | history | edited | traveler84 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 16, 2016 at 20:56 | comment | added | traveler84 | If your group is called anonymous, you would think you would be anonymous and no one would know you. But if you become known, it doesn't seem to fit quite right. We know technically it means you don't know the names of the people involved of course. I was thinking there was a clever word for it. Like how it was suggested as autoantonym.. | |
| Nov 16, 2016 at 20:53 | comment | added | jejorda2 | How does being on a media outlet make you not anonymous? Are the media outlets naming them, or just reporting their statements? | |
| Nov 16, 2016 at 20:50 | comment | added | traveler84 | Autoantonym almost sounds right but that seems to imply it has two meanings like left the airport vs going left. This one doesn't mean well known, it is the complete opposite of the actual word. | |
| Nov 16, 2016 at 20:50 | comment | added | BladorthinTheGrey | An unrepresentative name? | |
| Nov 16, 2016 at 20:43 | review | First posts | |||
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| Nov 16, 2016 at 20:42 | history | asked | traveler84 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |