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by 6gvONxR4sf7o 2537 days ago
The "deception" part is crucial. If I call water dihydrogen monoxide, is it deception? 737-8200 is and has for years been another name for that craft.
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That's context dependent. If you know that people will be deceived by it, and you use the terminology for that purpose, then it is deception.