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Comment by Terr_

Interestingly, the -oid suffix usually refers to things that only resemble the thing, so an andr-oid is not really a man, a meteor-oid is not really a meteor, and fact-oid... might not really be a fact.

However the really amusing bit is that that everybody can agree--for different reasons--that:

> Here is a factoid: A factoid is a small fact.

parent Terr_ 3 years ago

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