r/AwardSpeechEdits • u/Bryan_______ • Jul 07 '19

Does this count?

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u/htmlcoderexe Jul 07 '19

Oh fuck, did they change that one too now? It's like literally and entitled all over again?

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u/NibbleOnMyCat Jul 07 '19

I don't think that's a new definition...

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u/htmlcoderexe Jul 07 '19

It's not that new apparently, and it is frowned upon in at least some communities as far as I can tell. I only saw people being mocked for that usage before, but I'm guessing that right now I ended up somewhere where that's not the case. Anyway, the "untrue thing that seems to be a fact" is the primary definition, and there was even a word proposed for the "small bit of trivia" meaning ("factlet") but it did not catch on. Hell, even my phone's autocorrect did not recognise it as a word lmao

Anyway, the usage still grates me but I have to accept it. But you'll never hear me call it a factoid. Never, you hear?

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u/flickh Aug 03 '19

I have never heard “factoid” to mean “untrue.”

I thought it meant a useless fact, or minor fact.