trufax

English

Etymology

Altered spelling of true facts, equivalent to tru- +‎ fax (“facts”).

Pronunciation

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  (file)

Interjection

trufax

1. (Internet slang) An emphatic statement of agreement or affirmation.

   Synonyms: facts, fax; tru dat, true dat, true that

   • 2007 December 15, The Exiled, V.2 [username], “Re: What's wrong with Cardiff?”, in alt.gothic‎^[1] (Usenet):

     >I'm also annoyed that they seem to be turning Captain Jack completely gay.
     Trufax. That's all I've got to say.

   • 2008 February 18, Stacia, “Re: ALSO HELPFUL NEIGHBORS MAY SUCK IT”, in alt.religion.kibology‎^[2] (Usenet):

     > Reason #77 why the Alabama is better than up there: You can buy a new car
     > and it won't be rusted out in three years.
     Trufax. Eddie's pitiful little Geo Metro is rusted through on the undercarriage, and of course it's illegal to fix the frame of a car because it makes Baby Jesus cry or something.

   • 2009 October 28, The Black Marvel [username], “Re: Charles David Conducts the Underground Railroad”, in soc.history.what-if‎^[3] (Usenet):

     (Note: most 19th century American politicians did not call their friends filthy English atheists. Trufax.)

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Noun

trufax pl (plural only)

1. (Internet slang) A piece of factual information; truth.

   Synonym: fax

   Antonym: alternative facts

   • 2008 December, “The truest Truth…on Tom”, in Monsun, number 2, page 24:

     During our precise research in random teenmags we came across various facts & quotes that unfortunately no one ever paid attention to. And nobody knows whether they are trufax or not.

   • 2009 November 25, Kat Brown, “Wes Craven Back For Scream 4?”, in Empire:

     This is an actual celebrity trufax as we once sat next to the lovely Neve at the theatre and saw the shiningly blue card in her wallet at the bar.

   • 2012 February 2, Judith Fitzgerald, “MuseFlash Thursday: Marty Gervais, Patrick Woodcock and so much more”, in The Globe and Mail:

     That's neither here nor there; just one of those interesting trufax one often encounters making their way through life's miraculous vistas.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:trufax.