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Factinista 

A person, or group of people, who spend their lives telling others what is or is not a fact, based on what they have read in books.

Coined by Steven Colbert during a brilliant monologue at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
Ladies and gentlemen of the press corps, Madame First Lady, Mr. President, my name is Stephen Colbert and tonight it's my privilege to celebrate this president. We're not so different, he and I. We get it. We're not brainiacs on the nerd patrol. We're not members of the factinista. We go straight from the gut, right sir? That's where the truth lies, right down here in the gut. Do you know you have more nerve endings in your gut than you have in your head? You can look it up. I know some of you are going to say "I did look it up, and that's not true." That's 'cause you looked it up in a book.
Factinista by russbrucks August 30, 2008
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Fictionista 

A fictionista has an appreciation for the characters living inside their head, waiting to be put on the page.

A fictionista never has to write alone.

A fictionista is an artist of words.

A fictionista is a member of the online writing community.

Whether they're a seasoned author or a new writer, they belong at Fictionista Workshop, a thriving, supportive non-profit community of writers, editors, and readers working together to create the premier online writing workshop for creative original and derivative fiction. Fictionista Workshop hopes to assist all fictionistas through various projects and programs, including writing workshops, writing classes, editor training, daily writing prompts, and more. For more information, go to www.fictionistaworkshop.com

Come play with your words.
That girl just told me, "Editors are made, not born." She must be a fictionista.
Fictionista by SSVV June 28, 2010
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Factivists 

Activists campaigning to bring about a social or political change based largely upon on factual evidence
Hey! Do you follow the Instagram account @factivists ? They have some pretty cool stuff

Do you consider yourself a Factivist?

Yes, I am a Factivist
Factivists by Sam_And_Cat July 31, 2017
face book activists people who think they can change the world or a law or goings on in the world simply because a large number of people joins the protesting group
Person 1: Oh man this is annoying.

Person 2: What is?

Person 1: I got invited to another Factivist group
An adolescent or unthinking adult activist who parrots whatever Organizing For America has ordered them to think, in an effort to spread misinformation and disinformation on behalf of the State.

It generally results in awkward isolation for the factivist, as they proceed to drive their friends and family away from them at parties and holidays.
As a factivist, It's my job to keep reminding my Republican Uncle that if they like their healthcare plan, they can keep their healthcare plan. Period.
Factivist by Schnorkenschneider March 15, 2014

bang a you-ee 

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"
hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee
Word of the Day on July 19, 2026
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026