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factoid
/ ˈfæktɔɪd /
noun
- a piece of unreliable information believed to be true because of the way it is presented or repeated in print
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- fac·toidal adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of factoid1
C20 (coined by Norman Mailer ): from fact + -oid
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Example Sentences
The Democratic PACs had outraised them, which is an interesting little factoid in and of itself.
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What is wrong and embarrassing is the President of the United States reciting a massively discredited factoid.
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Though it does note that she has a tattoo—and that factoid is helpfully paired with the phrase “tough as nails.”
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And by consumer and supplier agreement, no fact, factoid, or truthiness is too small to register.
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McCarthy contributes the factoid, “We have four million more government jobs in America than manufacturing jobs.”
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