Looking for a word ---

[madamesilverspurs]

I need a word that names the act of deceiving by misnaming. Misnomer comes to mind but is a bit too weak.

Ideas?

[darkangel218]

1. Mislabaling?

[madamesilverspurs]

3. Thanks,

right direction, but I'm looking for something that conveys the dark intent . . .

[Baitball Blogger]

2. disinformation.

misinformation if it's unintentional.

[madamesilverspurs]

5. Thought of that,

even tried "dysinformation" to imply the sinister....

[Wounded Bear]

4. Myst-defining?...nt

[madamesilverspurs]

7. Maybe, maybe . . .

[Beearewhyain]

6. Dissemble?

dis·sem·ble

verb
verb: dissemble; 3rd person present: dissembles; past tense: dissembled; past participle: dissembled; gerund or present participle: dissembling

conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs.

"an honest, sincere person with no need to dissemble"

synonyms: dissimulate, pretend, feign, act, masquerade, sham, fake, bluff, posture, hide one's feelings, put on a false front More
disguise or conceal (a feeling or intention).

"she smiled, dissembling her true emotion"

[madamesilverspurs]

10. Lots of good stuff --

needs to be a noun, will be writing for a newspaper that publishes at third grade level.

[pinboy3niner]

8. Euphemism?

[madamesilverspurs]

12. Hmmm,

is there an opposite? Dysphemism??

[BainsBane]

9. You may have to use a couple of words

like sophistry/sophism or subterfuge +naming

[madamesilverspurs]

13. But 'cept

the target audience wouldn't get it...

[Tikki]

11. poseur….

Tikki

[madamesilverspurs]

14. Yeah, but

... see "but 'cept" above.

[Xyzse]

15. That is a classic swindle

Still, calling it a deception is right.

This is so cool!
http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-propaganda.html

[superpatriotman]

16. Lying

It is done to extract the same result

[TransitJohn]

17. Misappelation eom

n/t

[madamesilverspurs]

20. Yeah,

I'd gone with "dysappelation", then was reminded that the intended readers would not comprehend it.

[Bobbie Jo]

18. Misrepresentation

Distortion, perversion, warped, twist...

[missingthebigdog]

22. LOL JINX!

Great minds think alike. . . we apparently posted this practically simultaneously.

[Bobbie Jo]

25. ROFL

Scary, no?

[madamesilverspurs]

23. Ooooooo,

might be able to use "perversion of intent". Hmmm.

[missingthebigdog]

19. I would use Misrepresent, or misrepresentation

Most people know what that means, and there is no way to positively spin it.

[NM_Birder]

21. politician.

[madamesilverspurs]

24. Yup.

But this will be written to politicians, so it has to be totally unsubtle.

[NM_Birder]

26. "colostomy bag" ..... to subtle ? lol

[madamesilverspurs]

29. Spot on!

Sadly, they wouldn't print it, so. . .

[arcane1]

27. Luntz-ing?

[LondonReign2]

28. I believe the proper term is

Foxnewsing

[madamesilverspurs]

31. !!!!!

[unblock]

30. bait-and-switch. it's one word if you use hyphens ;)

[madamesilverspurs]

32. Indeed.

[Romulox]

33. If it were a tort, false pretenses come to mind. nt

[pinboy3niner]

34. Lipstickonapiggeia

[madamesilverspurs]

35. snrrrkk!

[madamesilverspurs]

36. Thanks, everyone!

You've given me much to work with.

(I knew you would!)

[Tansy_Gold]

37. deliberate or intentional misidentification. nt

[Brigid]

38. Misrepresentation.

We just talked about this in my tort law class last night.

http://legaldictionary.thefreedictionary.com/_/dict.aspx?rd=1&word=misrepresentation

[spanone]

39. foxnews