Word: factoids
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...magazine's present owner, Mort Zuckerman. It's hard to avoid smugness when recounting one's triumphs, and the author does not always succeed. Manning got his start at the Binghamton (N.Y.) Press, which had been founded by the maker of an alcoholic elixir called Swamp Root. Interesting factoid, but it's a bit of a reach for a cutesy-poo title...
Although her handling of these facts makes Faludi an easy target of backlash, it should not be an excuse to dismiss her entire argument. "It's perfectly legitimate to point out errors in any book that has a factoid in every sentence. I'm bound to make mistakes," Faludi says. "But to dismiss the whole argument is not right. We should be more focused on how we overcome the backlash." As Ann Jones, an author and professor at Mount Holyoke, argues, "The big picture is there, and the big picture is accurate...
...People's Almanac was a publishing coup brought off by Irving and David last year. While most reference books go on the shelf, this one was off the wall. Its 1,478 pages included biographies of comic-book characters, every obscure fact and factoid that could be assembled-and a series of unique lists ("15 renowned redheads," "nine breeds of dog that bite the most"). It was this section that proved the Almanac's most popular category...
...words in 60 days, but it is not much better than his account of the Frazier Ali fight which he wrote on deadline for Life. In Marilyn, Mailer coins at least four new words: "fucky" as the description of her earlier roles with all their sexual abundance; "factoid" for the sort of press agent story which comes to life when it hits print; "bazzazz" for what she brought to Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend; and "squiblet" for one of her first small roles as a starlet, which first brought her to the attention of the hoary moguls of "Factoid...