English edit

Etymology edit

Blend of factoid +‎ turd.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfæk.tɜː(ɹ)d/
  • (file)

Noun edit

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.