castiellon@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 19 hours agoWhat is the most confusing misnomer you've seen?external-linkmessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up184arrow-down1external-linkWhat is the most confusing misnomer you've seen?castiellon@lemmy.zip to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 19 hours agomessage-square46linkfedilinkfile-text
Mine is “guinea pig” originating in andes (not guinea) and them being not-a-pig type, whole thing is just wrong.
minus-squareokmko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 hours agoMistletoe. It looks neither like mist, nor rain, nor a toe.
Mistletoe.
It looks neither like mist, nor rain, nor a toe.