I heard it again today, the word “factoid,” which doesn’t really mean what folks think it does - it’s somewhat of a schizoid word, which is a more appropriate use of the suffix ‘oid, meaning “resembling, or like.” Schizoid would mean like schizophrenia just as hemorrhoid is like a hemorrhage, etc.
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I heard it again today, the word “factoid,” which doesn’t really mean what folks think it does - it’s somewhat of a schizoid word, which is a more appropriate use of the suffix ‘oid, meaning “resembling, or like.” Schizoid would mean like schizophrenia just as hemorrhoid is like a hemorrhage, etc.