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a name that lied on its resume and nobody fired it.
means a term or label that is factually wrong or misleading, yet sticks around anyway because everyone already agreed to use it.
from from old french mesnommer, mes- (wrongly) plus nommer (to name), borrowed into legal english in the 1400s to describe court documents that named the wrong person.
koala bearsnot bears, marsupials, name persists anyway
legal originoriginally meant misnaming a defendant in court
peanutslegumes, not nuts, botanically speaking
french guiananot in africa, common misnomer confusion