They know what someone is who doesn’t have their own skin colour. Surely that must count for something
Comment on A swing and a miss
starik@lemmy.zip 14 hours agomisnomer [mis-ˈnō-mər ] noun. a metaphor that doesn’t make sense
kingofras@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
adj16@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
In case anyone thinks you’re being serious:
misnomer /mĭs-nō′mər/
noun
www.wordnik.com/words/misnomer
dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/…/misnomer
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misnomer
TipsyMcGee@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
For what ever reason, your assumption that someone would just take it at face value and, presumably, use it incorrectly, made me think of that female redditor that used to call her short brother “a grower, not a shower” in front of people until she learned what it meant.