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I appreciate this :-) I thought a factoid is a "small, not-so-important fact".
by sho_hn 4y ago
I appreciate this :-) I thought a factoid is a "small, not-so-important fact".
- rgoulter 4y agoThe "not actually a fact" usage is the original intent of the word. "Trivial fact" is how 'factoid' is commonly used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factoid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factoid
- ASalazarMX 4y agoQuote for the lazy A factoid is either an invented or assumed statement presented as a fact, or a true but brief or trivial item of news or information. The term was coined in 1973 by American writer Norman Mailer to mean a piece of information that becomes accepted as a fact even though it is not actually true, or an invented fact believed to be true because it appears in print. Since the term's invention in 1973, it has become used to describe a brief or trivial item of news or information.
- soulofmischief 4y agoIt's funny how the general consensus of the definition of factoid is itself a factoid :)