facturd

English

Etymology

Blend of factoid +‎ turd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæk.tɜː(ɹ)d/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

facturd (plural facturds)

1. (slang, derogatory, mildly vulgar) A particularly dubious, distasteful, or irrelevant factoid.
   • 2000 February 20, Go Onadiet Yaslob [username], “REPRINT: by request: Letters to the LouMaster”, in rec.gambling.sports‎^[1] (Usenet):

     We can only give you some FACTURDS about their Lou, whose name is Lou Diamond Haeick, and let you be the judge.

   • 2008 September 3, Ko-Ko [username], “Re: With a few slight sidelines.....”, in rec.music.opera‎^[2] (Usenet):

     The smug pretentious know-it-all
     Who posts facturds galore

   • 2011 August 10, Hank Sienzant, “Re: Jackie Onassis tapes (article)”, in alt.conspiracy.jfk‎^[3] (Usenet):

     And on top of that, it's just a conspiracy facturd that she went onto the trunk to retrieve a piece of brain matter.