miscredit


to purposely or erroneously give credit for a work or quote to a person other than the actual author, artist, or speaker.
“honesty is the best policy” — jesus christ
this is miscredited because there is no record of jesus christ saying this. the quote is actually credited to benjamin franklin.

person a: “smoke on the water is my favorite jimi hendrix song!”
person b: “that song is not by jimi hendrix… it’s by deep purple”

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