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Complete Definition of "granfalloon"

English
wikipedia|Granfalloon

Etymology
Coined by w:Kurt Vonnegut|Kurt Vonnegut in the 1963 science fiction novel, w:Cat's Cradle|Cat's Cradle, in which Vonnegut described the term as referencing "a proud and meaningless association of human beings"; later adopted by market researchers and social scientists

Noun
en-noun

  1. A group of two or more people who imagine or are manipulated to believe they share a connection based on some circumstance of little or no real significance.
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