Bobyoungbalt wrote that There are plenty of examples of things which have a name put to them and after the passage of time and changes in circumstances the name no longer describes the thing accurately, but the name doesn't change.

This doesn't exactly relate, but I've wondered whether Post Traumatic Syndrome is a misnomer because it's the trauma that continues. The counter-argument is, of course, that a person's behavior changes after (post) a traumatic experience, but I see it that the traumatic experience never really ends for those who witness or experience such horrible things.