myth-information
/ˌmɪθɪnfəˈmeɪʃn/Chiefly North American
noun
Information which is widely held to be true but which is in fact flawed or unsubstantiated; common knowledge based on hearsay rather than fact.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in Science. From myth + information, probably punningly after misinformation.
- flash flood
- flash-freeze
- flash-freezer
- flash-fry
- flashgun
- flashily
- flashiness
- flashing
- flash in the pan
- flash jack
- flash lamp
- flashlight
- flash memory
- flash mob
- flash mobber
- flash mobbing
- flash (or chuck) a browneye
- flash over
- flashover
- flash photography
- flash photolysis
- flashpoint
- flash sale
- flash suit
- flash tube