factoid

[Dave Wilton]

Urban dictionary has a decent breakdown of the senses that I've heard:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=factoid

In my experience, their sense #2 is the more common: "A fact that may or may
not be true, but is trivial in nature."

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From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
James Harbeck
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 8:11 PM
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Subject: factoid

I had a debate today about the meaning of "factoid". I'm wondering whether
my sense of what more or less everyone uses it to mean is in fact accurate.
Tell me: what, in your world, does "factoid" mean?

Thanks,
James Harbeck.

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