factoid
fac·toid [ ˈfak-ˌtȯid]
[ˈfak-ˌtȯid]
1 : an invented fact believed to be true because it appears in print
2 : a briefly stated and usually trivial fact
Recent Examples on the Web
//Actor-comedian Thomas Lennon has the off-camera job of regaling viewers with factoids and jokes as winners head to the stage.
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Lynn Elber, Fortune, "Live Updates: The 2019 Emmy Awards Are Underway," 22 Sep. 2019
//Actor-comedian Thomas Lennon has the off-camera job of regaling viewers with factoids and jokes as winners head to the stage.
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Washington Post, "‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Veep’ aim for records at Emmy Awards," 22 Sep. 2019
//That factoid was brought to Madonna’s attention back in May, when Billboard interviewed the Queen of Pop backstage during the show.
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Keith Caulfield, Billboard, "Madonna Teases Tour Rehearsal Video for 'Rescue Me,' Which She's Never Performed Live," 18 July 2019
//But the play wears its research heavily, regularly trotting out from-the-annals factoids and bits of educational exposition, and the dialogue is often too blunt.
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Celia Wren, Washington Post, "Anxious men and other world-builders at CATF 2019," 9 July 2019
//One factoid that has popped up in most every article about McCready’s run for the 9th is that the seat has not been held by a Democrat since 1963.
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Nick Martin, The New Republic, "Two Dans, Two Elections, and No Winners," 10 Sep. 2019
//Binder, played in the local production by Rob Downs, serves as narrator in the show, providing context and some factoids about Presley.
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Lila Seidman, latimes.com, "‘Elvis ’68,’ opening Friday in Glendale, brings audience inside Presley’s big comeback," 27 June 2019
//Across from her were Michael Kliger and Roberto Eggs, of MyTheresa and Moncler respectively, who turned their toasts into a competition of sorts, to see who could dig up and share the most fascinating factoids about the Lycée.
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Nicole Phelps, Vogue, "Moncler and MyTheresa Host a Sunset Dinner in Paris to Celebrate Simone Rocha," 8 July 2019
//These books do provide basic medical information but are over stuffed with bulleted factoids, endless pages of recipes and daily tracking goals.
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Sibbie O'sullivan, Washington Post, "Migraines have plagued me for years. A new book puts my pain in perspective.," 10 June 2019
First Known Use of factoid
1973, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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