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5	[-[[caption-width-right:300: [[JustifiedTrope Because "domestic cavy" or "South American Cavy Rodent" just doesn't have the same ring to it]].]]-]
6	->''"This message has been brought to you by The Society of People Who Think That Names Should Mean Something."''
7	-->-- '''WebVideo/CGPGrey''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utDHcbiOfKY History Lesson for the History Channel]]"
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9	Have you ever noticed how sometimes, pickles are ''really'' salty?
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11	That's the sort of thing this article would be about if it were a SelfDemonstratingArticle. But it isn't. [[AndThatsTerrible That would be silly.]]
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13	A birthday cake is a cake you eat on your birthday. That makes sense. But a butterfly is not a fly, a ten-gallon hat can't even hold one gallon, and a peanut is not a nut -- and don't even get us started on peanut butter. Words or combinations of words like this whose meaning has nothing to do with their name are known as ''misnomers''.
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15	Mostly for historical reasons the misnomer sticks and nobody--or almost nobody--bats an eyelid when it is used, since it is well accepted and people know what it means; this particular variant is a common result of [[CallASmeerpARabbit calling Smeerps "rabbits"]]. A {{Cloudcuckoolander}} character and punster tropers are likely to [[LampshadeHanging hang a lampshade]] on these from time to time, complain that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin contents of the tin differ from the label]] (or that the tin itself is not made of tin), and that [[MadeFromRealGirlScouts there's no baby in baby food]].
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17	When the name once fit but no longer does, see ArtifactName. If the name is itself an element of ''deliberate deception'', it may be {{Doublespeak}} or a SuperFunHappyThingOfDoom.
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19	For ''works'' with nonindicative names, see WordSaladTitle and NeverTrustATitle. For songs, see NonAppearingTitle. ADogNamedCat, FluffyTheTerrible, DeathbringerTheAdorable, IronicName, IronicNickname and SarcasticTitle are subtropes of this.
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21	Contrast ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. See InNameOnly when this trope applies to the title of a derivative work.
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24	While explanations for misnomers are welcome and encouraged, please resist the urge to make a Administrivia/JustifyingEdit.
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26	Looking to have fun with misleading names? See JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant, for misleading trope names and JustForFun/IThoughtThatWas for misleading work names.
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28	!!Examples:
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30	[[index]]
31	* NonIndicativeName/{{Advertising}}
32	* NonIndicativeName/AnimeAndManga
33	* NonIndicativeName/ComicBooks
34	* NonIndicativeName/FanWorks
35	* [[NonIndicativeName/AnimatedFilms Films — Animation]]
36	* [[NonIndicativeName/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
37	* NonIndicativeName/{{Literature}}
38	* NonIndicativeName/LiveActionTV
39	* NonIndicativeName/MythsAndReligion
40	* NonIndicativeName/{{Music}}
41	* NonIndicativeName/TabletopGames
42	* NonIndicativeName/VideoGames
43	* NonIndicativeName/{{Webcomics}}
44	* NonIndicativeName/WebOriginal
45	* NonIndicativeName/WesternAnimation
46	* NonIndicativeName/OtherMedia
47	* NonIndicativeName/RealLife
48	[[/index]]

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