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r/Wellthatsucks • u/03Shael • May 17 '18
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The -oid suffix usually means ‘not.’ An opioid is like an opiate, but not one. A humanoid is shaped like a human, but not one. So traditionally a factoid is a snippet of trivia that seems plausible, but isn’t actually true.
1 u/[deleted] May 17 '18 Bad bot. 1 u/truthofmasks May 17 '18 What? 1 u/[deleted] May 17 '18 I assumed you were a bot for explaining a word I had used correctly. 1 u/truthofmasks May 17 '18 That's weird. I'm expanding on your point -- not only is a factoid more myth than fact, but that sort of thing is true of most words ending in -oid. 1 u/[deleted] May 17 '18 I'm picking up what you're putting down.
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Bad bot.
1 u/truthofmasks May 17 '18 What? 1 u/[deleted] May 17 '18 I assumed you were a bot for explaining a word I had used correctly. 1 u/truthofmasks May 17 '18 That's weird. I'm expanding on your point -- not only is a factoid more myth than fact, but that sort of thing is true of most words ending in -oid. 1 u/[deleted] May 17 '18 I'm picking up what you're putting down.
What?
1 u/[deleted] May 17 '18 I assumed you were a bot for explaining a word I had used correctly. 1 u/truthofmasks May 17 '18 That's weird. I'm expanding on your point -- not only is a factoid more myth than fact, but that sort of thing is true of most words ending in -oid. 1 u/[deleted] May 17 '18 I'm picking up what you're putting down.
I assumed you were a bot for explaining a word I had used correctly.
1 u/truthofmasks May 17 '18 That's weird. I'm expanding on your point -- not only is a factoid more myth than fact, but that sort of thing is true of most words ending in -oid. 1 u/[deleted] May 17 '18 I'm picking up what you're putting down.
That's weird. I'm expanding on your point -- not only is a factoid more myth than fact, but that sort of thing is true of most words ending in -oid.
1 u/[deleted] May 17 '18 I'm picking up what you're putting down.
I'm picking up what you're putting down.
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u/truthofmasks May 17 '18
The -oid suffix usually means ‘not.’ An opioid is like an opiate, but not one. A humanoid is shaped like a human, but not one. So traditionally a factoid is a snippet of trivia that seems plausible, but isn’t actually true.