misnomer

a name that is wrong or not proper or appropriate

Heard in 6 songs (1.8M+ combined views) — most famously in "Jelmore" by Bon Iver.

Updated September 28, 2026

Songs Featuring “misnomer”

Bon Iver - Jelmore

Time: 1:42

Half beat

It's no misnomer though

I've the feeling that I better go

Bon Iver - Jelmore

Al Stewart - Song on the Radio

Time: 0:34

But that's not the way that you are

It's too much of a gentle misnomer

For a shooting star

Al Stewart - Song on the Radio

Tobe Nwigwe - HOUSTON TRIBUTE MEDLEY (NPR MUSIC'S TINY DESK CONCERT)

Time: 2:48

Loners is what they say you must become to separate yourself

That's a misnomer, relationships are the greatest wealth

The problem is you in relationships with hate itself

Tobe Nwigwe - HOUSTON TRIBUTE MEDLEY (NPR MUSIC'S TINY DESK CONCERT)

Peter Oren - Falling Water

Time: 1:19

Coming from a place so named

After a killer and a misnomer

So la di da da da

Peter Oren - Falling Water

Spacey Jane - Trucks

Time: 0:12

Every morning, fighting through a coma

Each affliction carries its misnomer

Trucks roll, loud into the port

Spacey Jane - Trucks

E.Cole I - Songs On My Laptop

Time: 0:24

Got a brain full of fresh ideas I gotta try 'em

It's a misnomer 'cause ThinkPads can't devise 'em

The station's outfitted with damn heavy artillery

E.Cole I - Songs On My Laptop