antifact

A thing which is the opposite of what it is presumed to be. An action which is intended to achieve one result and yet achieves its opposite.

Jack and Babs were puzzled that their daughter, already well past forty, seemed to lack any motivation, ambition or interest. They had always done everything for her, 'helped' her with her homework, pulled strings to get her into school, given her a car for graduation. They'd even bought her a nice apartment and set up an annuity so she wouldn't have to worry, never understanding that their 'caring' was an antifact, which, instead of enabling her, was crippling her.

by Monkey's Dad April 17, 2024

artifiction

Any item dat is purported to be a historical artiFACT, but is actually just a fake or replica.

Mark Hofmann, Alexander Smith, and Adolfo Kaminsky were famous master-forgers who created fake documents that looked super-genuine, but were actually just examples of artifiction.

by QuacksO March 22, 2026