fictoid

A factoid that is false or unsupported by evidence, but gets into public circulation anyway. Once it is repeated and quoted enough times, it gains a life of its own, and people assume it is true because they get it from multiple sources, even though the original source is flawed or unverified, or the information turns out to be false.

One common fictoid is the idea that people need to drink 8 glasses of water a day to be healthy. There's no sound basis for this recommendation, but it is quoted and given as advice frequently.

Recently (as of new years 2009), one of the big news stories has been the collapse of a fraudulent investment fund run by Bernard Madoff, which turned out to be a ponzi scheme. Although it takes months to go through the records to figure out how much money was involved, an initial estimate was that "up to $50 billion dollars may have been lost". Despite the fact that this was an initial best guess rather than the result of actual auditing, and despite the fact that even a clear definition of "money lost" in this case is vague, this $50 billion estimate has become a fictoid, and is being repeated in the press. Plenty of people believe that it is well accepted that $50 billion is the amount of money that was lost in this fraudulent scheme.

by my name is Cos January 11, 2009

fictosexual

Pretty much, the definition (or at least me and my friends definition) of "fictosexual" is that you're more attached/attracted to a fictional character than an average human, but you're still open to a romantic relationship with an actual human in the future.

Guy: Hey you know Ari?
Girl: Yea! Isn't she fictosexual?
Guy: Yea, I heard she has a crush on this character "Damien Anderson" from a visual novel game.

by Lifeisasadness July 7, 2018

Pontiac Fiero

Plastic bodied, 2 seater, Midengine, sportscar. 2M4, 2M6, SE, GT.

(1) V8 Archie is the company famous for pioneering the Pontiac Fiero V8 conversion. 400 or more HP + tiny, plastic, midengine car = cheap Ferrari Eater.

(2) They'll be around forever since the bodies won't rust.

(3) 60mph, slam the brakes, crank the wheel, stomp on the gas = NOTHING does 90's and 180's like a Fiero.

by Archie Turbo June 11, 2006

Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic Fibroses is a common disease especially in Caucasian populations that usually appears in early childhood. It involves functional disorder of the exocrine glands, and is marked especially by faulty digestion due to a deficiency of pancreatic enzymes, by difficulty in breathing due to mucus accumulation in airways, and by excessive loss of salt in the sweat.
Also called Fibrocystic Disease of the Pancreas, and Mucoviscidosis

Jonathan died of Cystic Fibrosis, April 6th 2005.

He was 18 years old, and 2 months away from Graduation.

We all miss him.

by Elise April 7, 2005

fichode

a word to desribe someone with red hair that has red hair (resembling fire) on there chode

danny bonoduchee probablly has a fichode

by sethdizzle August 29, 2004

fictosexual

Fictosexuality is the sexual attraction towards fictional characters.

Guy: hey, do you know Wendy?
Girl: isn't she fictosexual?
Guy: yeah, she has a crush on that guy L from death note

by LaW December 31, 2013

ficto

Short for fictosexual or fictoromantic. Someone who is sexually or romantically attracted to fictional characters, sometimes exclusively. May imagine they are in a relationship with one or several fictional characters.

"Dear ficto people: if you are in love with a fictional character and you don’t have attraction to real people, you are VALID!"

"I proudly identify as ficto. My love for my F/Os is very real and I take it very seriously."

by merryy November 22, 2019