minformation

The minimum information needed to understand an idea.

I'm in a hurry, so just give me the minformation and we can talk more about it later.

by TemplarRogue February 14, 2014

trivial disinformation

Feeding bad information or faulty logic to the opposing team when playing Trivial Pursuit in an effort to steer the team toward the wrong answer. Especially effective when done under the guise of lending a helpful hand.

Johnny's encyclopedic knowledge of geography and sports history, combined with the expertly-disguised stream of trivial disinformation that he gave the enemy, won the game for us tonight.

by jboyardee October 19, 2007

disinformation tax

The adtech industry's practice of redistributing a percentage of advertisers' total spend to disinformation outlets around the world through negligent inventory vetting standards.

"I paid $65 for my mock neck at Summersalt. I wonder how much of that Summersalt has to pay towards Google's disinformation tax."

by applecinnamoncake May 9, 2021

Malinformation

Malinformation is fake information to make a scheme sound more believable. Often in the form of testimonials backing up Pyramid-like schemes. These scams tend to target people who suffer from chronic misinformedness.

Example from www.autocashforlife.com:
"If you are not making thousands of dollars every month..."

Etc. etc. false claims, testimonials, only $50, you'll be making money in less then two hours...this page is full of malinformation.

by SchemeHater April 20, 2009

Disinformation

The fake news that distract us through our personal devices, which we seldom stop to question, because of our impatience and laziness to think critically.

If American voters had known that all the disinformation on social media during the presidential campaign were fabricated thanks to Putin and gang to increase the odds of Donald Trump becoming President, the world wouldn’t have been so chaotic and pessimistic today.

by MathPlus December 10, 2018

pisinformation

When provided with facts, the second party throws logic out the window and pisses on your statement with feelings.

I can't debate with him. He screams and turns my well thought out statement into pisinformation.

by Branden Riddle February 24, 2021

malinformation

Purposefully confabulated information intended to cause harm. Synonymous with black propaganda. Distinct from misinformation which is accidental, and disinformation which could potentially be used in a protective way, malinformation is always used to harm any and all recipients.

Fusion GPS' Russian Prostitute Urolagnia Dossier was malinformation that had ultimately harmed America, regardless of one's political alignment.

by negutits December 5, 2017