factoid(n.)
1973年,“因其出现在印刷品中而被视为事实的发表声明”,源自 fact + -oid,最初由诺曼·梅勒解释,如果不是他创造的话。
Factoids ... that is, facts which have no existence before appearing in a magazine or newspaper, creations which are not so much lies as a product to manipulate emotion in the Silent Majority. [Mailer, "Marilyn," 1973]
事实上是...也就是说,那些在杂志或报纸上出现之前不存在的事实,这些创造物不是谎言,而是一种操纵沉默大多数情感的产品。[梅勒,“玛丽莲”,1973]
到1988年,它被用于“小的、孤立的真实事实信息片段”的意义。
该词起源时间:1973年