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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈfæk.tɔɪd/Part of speech nounSorted acdfiotStarts with FEnds with D0 cluesCommon crossword word
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  1. a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item

Word origin

From fact + -oid (“similar, but not the same”); coined by American writer Norman Mailer in 1973 in Marilyn: A Biography, defined as "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".

Used in a sentence

  • Such hedging is necessitated by the lack of in-depth knowledge of the contents, which also gives free rein to the scripting of unsubstantiated factoids concerning the book.
  • Don't parade in front of the audience spewing every factoid you know on your topic. Only share the right information for that exact moment with that specific audience.

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