factoid


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
factoid/ˈfaktɔɪd/
noun
  • 1 an item of unreliable information that is repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact.
  • 2 N. Amer. a brief or trivial item of information.
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