Factoid Definition

făktoid
factoids
noun
A single fact or statistic variously regarded as being trivial, useless, unsubstantiated, etc.
Webster's New World
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.
American Heritage
A brief, somewhat interesting fact.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Factoid

Noun

Singular:
factoid
Plural:
factoids

Origin of Factoid

  • fact +‎ -oid; coined by Norman Mailer in Marilyn (1973): "facts which have no existence before appearing in a magazine or newspaper, creations which are not so much lies as a product to manipulate emotion in the Silent Majority".

    From Wiktionary

Factoid Sentence Examples

  • Anyway, that reminds me of an interesting factoid.

  • That little factoid should move the media up our agenda.

  • Want a pointless pub factoid to spit out to friends while drinking in here?

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