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- or - 2 : a briefly stated and usually trivial fact.
by return0 11y ago
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2 : a briefly stated and usually trivial fact.
- dingaling 11y ago-oid Of similar form to, but not the same as.
- Jtsummers 11y agoThis doesn't make the second definition of factoid (in GP post) wrong. Prefixes, suffixes, and even roots end up being used in words that don't follow the literal definition suggested by them. They typically don't start life that way, usually closer to the literal meaning pedants will later expect to be used, but, overtime, usage causes a definitional shift.