Name that’s so wrong for a jalopy (5)
I believe the answer is:
oscar
'name' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'so wrong for a jalopy' is the wordplay.
'wrong' indicates an anagram.
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a jalopy' becomes 'car' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'so' anagrammed gives 'os'.
'os'+'car'='OSCAR'
'that's' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oscar that I've seen before include "Annual film award" , "heard on the radio after November" , "Film award; --- Hammerstein" , "Librettist Hammerstein, d. 1960" , "Comms code for "O"" .)