So Wikipedia states the following: "Quantum teleportation is unrelated to the common term teleportation – it does not transport the system itself, and does not

So Wikipedia states the following: "Quantum teleportation is unrelated to the common term teleportation – it does not transport the system itself, and does not concern rearranging particles to copy the form of an object." So, in a nutshell, scientists aren't always incredibly creative when conducting nomenclature. Although some people do find subatomic particles quite strange.