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factoid::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | news item |
factoid::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | info, information |
Examples of factoid
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I was not aware of this particular factoid, but it makes for an amusing puzzle.
From the wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com
This factoid perhaps deserves a medal from the Ministry of Made-up Statistics.
From the guardian.co.uk
Why do I have a feeling this little factoid was just made up out of nothing.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
Indeed, the factoid that even Cuba has a better infant mortality rate is still true.
From the economist.com
What added dimension that factoid brings to this story is unknown as of yet.
From the newsfeed.time.com
She thinks everyone wants to hear every factoid and synonym she can offer.
From the washingtonpost.com
The comment about bathing a cat being lunatic is silly, a common factoid and mythical.
From the well.blogs.nytimes.com
Obviously they're not the same thing, but I thought I'd share the factoid.
From the economist.com
The only issue we're finding with this factoid is what exactly is meant by next year?
From the techcrunch.com
- Something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print
- A brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item
- The term factoid can in common usage mean either a false or spurious statement presented as a fact, as well as (according to Merriam Webster and the Oxford English Dictionary) a true, if brief or trivial item of news or information...
- Factoid is a limited edition album of progressive house and breaks music released by producer John Graham under the name Space Manoeuvres. ...
- An inaccurate statement or statistic believed to be true because of broad repetition, especially if cited in the media; An interesting item of trivia
- A false fact; something fictitious or any unsubstantiated datum that is presented as authentic TRUTH. A neologism of the VIETNAM WAR, such data is devised to gain publicity, and becomes widely accepted due to constant repetition. See DISINFORMATION, HOOPLA, BIG LIE, DECEPTION, PROPAGANDA, RUMOR. ...
- N. a fragment born from the disintegration of a prehistoric fact, now drifting on its own. Factoids occasionally clump together to form a new fact completely unrelated to the facts that spawned it. Whole worlds are built from factoids in Boulder.
