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Why do you say that? I don't see how that follows from beat's comment...

• nostromo 9y ago
  The -oid suffix means "similar to" or "resembling." For example: a humanoid is something resembling a human, but not a human. So, traditionally, a factoid is something resembling, but not, a fact. However, it has been misused for so long, it's now considered by many ok to use "factoid" to mean a trivial, related fact.
  • 3minus1 9y ago
    > considered by many It's the first definition in the dictionary.
    • nostromo 9y ago
      There is no "the" dictionary. And in most respected dictionaries, it isn't the first definition. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/factoid https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/factoid https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/factoid https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/factoid
    • emodendroket 9y ago
      Some dictionaries order senses by age and others by usage (which may be somehow measured or may just be up to the instincts of the editors), so this isn't a useful metric without knowing the standard of the dictionary we are talking about.
    • IncRnd 9y ago
      Which dictionary do you mean? Do you mean that highly inaccurate one that you get when typing a word into Google.com?