Guinea Pig
Neither from Guinea nor a pig (according to Wikipedia).
Holy Roman Empire
Neither holy nor roman nor an empire (according to Voltaire).
Chinese Checkers
Neither Chinese nor checkers (according to Wikipedia).
Strawberries
Neither straw nor berries (according to Wikipedia).
Peanuts
Neither peas nor nuts (according to Wikipedia).
Archived Post
This post is archived from my account on li.st, a social media app that shut down in 2017. Some posts have been edited slightly to fix typographical errors and correctly represent the gender of some individuals. You can view the full archive here.