Whenever you hear the name of something that really doesn’t fit, it may bring you out in a cold sweat or perhaps agitate you to a state of aggression and hostility. Fear not, most people feel the same way when incorrectly named products are thrust upon them.

The incorrect name for an object is known as a misnomer, and can become such a thing due to various reasons. Old names remaining as a product changes, anachronisms, regional names and people calling things by stupid names for humorous effect or because they invented it are just a few.

An example of this could be smooth peanut butter. Maybe we can accept that smooth peanut butter is smoother than chunky peanut butter, but it hardly smooth compared to cream. Smoother peanut butter would be a better name, so I expect every label to now add those two simple letters to their product for a more accurate description.

White cabbages? These are just smaller, more pale green cabbages without all the leaves. They are cabbages that have had all the good bits ripped off, now just a hard ball of tightly-wound pale green leaves. Anyone who had every eaten cabbage will understand the colour of cabbage is not relevant, the taste will always be upsetting.

American football is a sport, that has taken the British age-old game of football and ruined it beyond all recognition. It really shouldn’t be allowed to be called football as the feet are rarely used, and players are covered by massive pads and guards. More similar to rugby, American football is not related to football and should stop masquerading as some sort of second cousin.

The woolly manmoth was a hairy elephant creature when dinosaurs used to walk down the street. The names suggests a man has mated with a moth and created a man-sized moth or a moth with a little man head. Surely, the hairy elephant would have been a more accurate title - but then again maybe the manmoths liked the idea of being descendants of humans and moths and picked the name themselves. It’s a free world.

Eggplants are aubergines i think. So, when I next go to America and order an eggplant I will know what I am getting. But, why did it take me to order one to realise that I don’t like aubergine so shouldn’t have ordered it. You can’t grow a plant by placing an egg in soil. I tried. It just went rotten and didn’t flower at all.

There are many common misnomers that people will always shout at you when they want to feel intelligent. Peanuts are not nuts, coconuts aren’t nuts and many other nuts that aren’t actually nuts. Brazil nuts are nuts so don’t say this one or risk looking rather foolish.

So, next time you call something by its name, think to yourself about how accurate you are actually being. Don’t follow the crowd and you could be the most clever guy on your bowling team with witty remarks such as ‘the strawberry isn’t even a fruit’. Those moments will elevate you to a level of almost dreamlike existence.

Patrick is an expert Research and Travel consultant. His current interest is in Heathrow airport hotels (http://www.holidayextras.co.uk/heathrow-airport-hotels.html), and the Hilton Heathrow (http://www.holidayextras.co.uk/airport-hotels/heathrow/hilton.html).

Whenever you hear the name of something that really doesn’t fit, it may bring you out in a cold sweat or perhaps agitate you to a state of aggression and hostility. Fear not, most people feel the same way when incorrectly named products are thrust upon them.

The incorrect name for an object is known as a misnomer, and can become such a thing due to various reasons. Old names remaining as a product changes, anachronisms, regional names and people calling things by stupid names for humorous effect or because they invented it are just a few.

An example of this could be smooth peanut butter. Maybe we can accept that smooth peanut butter is smoother than chunky peanut butter, but it hardly smooth compared to cream. Smoother peanut butter would be a better name, so I expect every label to now add those two simple letters to their product for a more accurate description.

White cabbages? These are just smaller, more pale green cabbages without all the leaves. They are cabbages that have had all the good bits ripped off, now just a hard ball of tightly-wound pale green leaves. Anyone who had every eaten cabbage will understand the colour of cabbage is not relevant, the taste will always be upsetting.

American football is a sport, that has taken the British age-old game of football and ruined it beyond all recognition. It really shouldn’t be allowed to be called football as the feet are rarely used, and players are covered by massive pads and guards. More similar to rugby, American football is not related to football and should stop masquerading as some sort of second cousin.

The woolly manmoth was a hairy elephant creature when dinosaurs used to walk down the street. The names suggests a man has mated with a moth and created a man-sized moth or a moth with a little man head. Surely, the hairy elephant would have been a more accurate title - but then again maybe the manmoths liked the idea of being descendants of humans and moths and picked the name themselves. It’s a free world.

Eggplants are aubergines i think. So, when I next go to America and order an eggplant I will know what I am getting. But, why did it take me to order one to realise that I don’t like aubergine so shouldn’t have ordered it. You can’t grow a plant by placing an egg in soil. I tried. It just went rotten and didn’t flower at all.

There are many common misnomers that people will always shout at you when they want to feel intelligent. Peanuts are not nuts, coconuts aren’t nuts and many other nuts that aren’t actually nuts. Brazil nuts are nuts so don’t say this one or risk looking rather foolish.

So, next time you call something by its name, think to yourself about how accurate you are actually being. Don’t follow the crowd and you could be the most clever guy on your bowling team with witty remarks such as ‘the strawberry isn’t even a fruit’. Those moments will elevate you to a level of almost dreamlike existence.

Patrick is an expert Research and Travel consultant. His current interest is in Heathrow airport hotels (http://www.holidayextras.co.uk/heathrow-airport-hotels.html), and the Hilton Heathrow (http://www.holidayextras.co.uk/airport-hotels/heathrow/hilton.html).