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FACTOID
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Definitions of factoid in various dictionaries:
noun - something resembling a fact
noun - a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item
noun - a brief news item
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| Possible Jeopardy Clues |
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| 7-letter term for a small often unimportant bit of information |
| Norman Mailer added a suffix to "fact" to get this, now meaning a fact of little importance |
| In 1973 Norman Mailer added this suffix to "fact" for "facts which have no existence before appearing" in the media |
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| an interesting piece of information |
| An item of unreliable information that is reported and repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact. |
| a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item |
| something resembling a fact unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print |
| A piece of unverified or inaccurate information that is presented in the press as factual, often as part of a publicity effort, and that is then accepted as true because of frequent repetition: "What one misses finally is what might have emerged beyond both facts and factoidsa profound definition of the Marilyn Monroe phenomenon ( Christopher Lehmann-Haupt). |
| Usage Problem A brief, somewhat interesting fact. |
| Factoid description |
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A factoid is either a false 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 its creation in 1973, the term has evolved, now often being used to describe a brief or trivial item of news or information.* |
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