factoid

fac·toid

noun \ˈfak-ˌtȯid\

Definition of FACTOID

1

: an invented fact believed to be true because it appears in print

2

: a briefly stated and usually trivial fact

Examples of FACTOID

1. The book is really just a collection of interesting factoids.

First Known Use of FACTOID

1973

Other Publishing Terms

annotate, dreadful, emend, expurgate, jump, lobster shift, redaction, referee

Rhymes with FACTOID

android, avoid, chancroid, colloid, conoid, crinoid, cuboid, cycloid, deltoid, dendroid, devoid, discoid, fibroid, fungoid, ganoid, globoid, hydroid, hypnoid, keloid, mastoid, mucoid, ovoid, prismoid, pygmoid, rhizoid, rhomboid, schizoid, scombroid, sigmoid, spheroid, steroid, styloid, tabloid, thalloid, thyroid, toroid, toxoid, trochoid, typhoid, Veddoid, viroid