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{{quote|"''I was just thinkin'. About goldfish. Even though they are called 'goldfish' they aren't gold-colored, are they? They are red, right? [[Green Is Blue|The 'blue light' on traffic lights too, aren't they green]]? Things like that make me sick...''"
|'''Yuno'''
Have you ever noticed how sometimes, pickles are ''really'' salty?
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That's the sort of thing this article would be about if it were a [[Self-Demonstrating Article]]. But it isn't. That would be silly.
In our everyday language, we tend to use words that are representative of certain objects or characteristics. On the other hand, we have words or combinations of them whose real meaning has
Mostly for historical reasons, the misnomer sticks and
If the name is itself an element of ''deliberate deception'', it may be [[Double-Speak]] or a [[Super Fun Happy Thing of Doom]]. [[Fluffy the Terrible]], [[Deathbringer the Adorable]], and [[Ironic Nickname]] are subtropes of this. For a ''series'' with
While explanations to misnomers are welcome and encouraged, please resist the urge to make a [[Justifying Edit]].
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Looking to have fun with misleading names? See [[I Thought It Meant]], for misleading trope names, and [[I Thought That Was]], for misleading work names.
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