Factoids about Bonnie & Clyde

[JerryBaumchen 1,377]

Hi out there,

Something to do while wasting time:

http://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/2013/05/20/6-things-you-didnt-know-about-bonnie-and-clyde/?o_xid=56053&o_lid=56053&o_sch=External+Paid+Media

JerryBaumchen

[JohnMitchell 16]

Cool. I might have to check out that car sometime. I heard it used to be on tour with the state fairs.

[jakee 1,501]

Fun fact: factoids are things which purport to be facts but are actually untrue.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[pchapman 279]

jakee

Fun fact: factoids are things which purport to be facts but are actually untrue.

Fun fact(oid): The word "factoid" has also commonly started to be used to describe real facts, although sometimes trivial ones or ones presented in isolation without supporting evidence.

Which does confuse the meaning of the word greatly.

[jakee 1,501]

pchapman

***Fun fact: factoids are things which purport to be facts but are actually untrue.

Fun fact(oid): The word "factoid" has also commonly started to be used to describe real facts,

Sure, by people who don't know what factoid means. Loads of people use 'of' instead of 'have' but of still doesn't mean have.

-oid; suffix. Of similar form to, but not the same as.

In sci-fi for instance you have humanoids. Two legged aliens that have roughly human form but aren't human. Or an android, looks like a man (andros) but isn't one. You're not an android, are you?

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[kallend 2,034]

jakee

******Fun fact: factoids are things which purport to be facts but are actually untrue.

Fun fact(oid): The word "factoid" has also commonly started to be used to describe real facts,

Sure, by people who don't know what factoid means. Loads of people use 'of' instead of 'have' but of still doesn't mean have.



I recall when being gay didn't imply that you were homosexual.

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[JerryBaumchen 1,377]

Hi jakee,

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but are actually untrue

My dictionary.com site says this as the first option:

"an insignificant or trivial fact"

JerryBaumchen

[quade 4]

Ya know . . . if I didn't know better I'd think you were a shill for the miniseries airing in just a couple of weeks.

http://www.bonnieandclydethemovie.com/?mkwid=sAhF96GAb%7Cdc_pcrid_28448790291_pkw_lifetime%20bonnie%20and%20clyde_pmt_e&utm_source=ltd_google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=lifetime%20bonnie%20and%20clyde&utm_campaign=G_Bonnie+%26+Clyde&paidlink=1&cmpid=PaidSearch_ltd_google_G_Bonnie+%26+Clyde_lifetime%20bonnie%20and%20clyde&gclid=CMaAoqCj5boCFURp7Aodxk8AUQ

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[jakee 1,501]

JerryBaumchen

Hi jakee,

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but are actually untrue

My dictionary.com site says this as the first option: "an insignificant or trivial fact"

Ironically, it only says that as a result of the process devised in the second definition: something fictitious or unsubstantiated that is presented as fact, devised especially to gain publicity and accepted because of constant repetition.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[mjosparky 4]

"A factoid is a questionable or spurious (unverified, false, or fabricated) statement presented as a fact, but without supporting evidence."

"The word can also be used to describe a particularly insignificant or novel fact, in the absence of much relevant context."

"Factoid was coined by Norman Mailer in his 1973 biography of Marilyn Monroe. Mailer described a factoid as "facts which have no existence before appearing in a magazine or newspaper",

For what its worth.

Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[turtlespeed 221]

kallend

*********Fun fact: factoids are things which purport to be facts but are actually untrue.

Fun fact(oid): The word "factoid" has also commonly started to be used to describe real facts,

Sure, by people who don't know what factoid means. Loads of people use 'of' instead of 'have' but of still doesn't mean have.



I recall when being gay didn't imply that you were homosexual.

Are you gay?

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[JerryBaumchen 1,377]

Hi jakee,

And this is why the Marquis de Tocqueville in his book "Democracy in America" said that ultimately everything in America would be decided in a courtroom.



JerryBaumchen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_America