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Factoid

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Noun

1. factoid

something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print

2. factoid

a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Factoid

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noun
a piece of unreliable information believed to be true because of the way it is presented or repeated in print

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Factoid

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noun
a single fact or statistic variously regarded as being trivial, useless, unsubstantiated, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Factoid

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n.
1. 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.
2. A brief, somewhat interesting fact.

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