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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
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
Word of the Day on June 26, 2026

Nerd neck 

A "human" that spends so much time playing video games that their posture is level nerd neck. Everytime anyone goes tryhard they hunch down and their neck gets longer there fore a nerd neck is always hunched down cause they're always going try hard. In other words a nerd neck is a try hard, since their neck is 100% longer than the average human being due to playing too many video games and taking them serious, nerd necks are not even considered human anymore but something more sad. Nerd necks are often found on fortnite, their natural habitat usually being tilted towers.
What a fucking nerd neck!

He is building so fast, nerd neck!

Looser more like a nerd neck ha!
Nerd neck by D Sandwich Maker February 5, 2019
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