What does the saying, "Fact from fiction, truth from diction" mean?

What does the saying, "Fact from fiction, truth from diction" mean?
by

1 Answer

Answer :

Good question. I’ve been wondering myself.
by

Related questions

What is your favorite old phrase or saying?

Description : What is your favorite old phrase or saying?

Last Answer : Don’t count your chicks till they hatch, and whatever doesn’t kill you can only make you stronger.

What does 'you're a full person' mean?

Description : What does 'you're a full person' mean?

Last Answer : He was hitting on you but using bad grammar at the same time.

What exactly does the phrase "there may be hope for you yet" mean?

Description : What exactly does the phrase "there may be hope for you yet" mean?

Last Answer : It’s a loaded compliment. It implies that you haven’t given much cause for hope to this point, but that whatever you’ve just done or said may be cause for renewed hope.

What are some sayings that don't really mean anything?

Description : What are some sayings that don't really mean anything?

Last Answer : I’ll start us off with “Real Americans”

What does the phrase, "i have the blues" mean to you?

Description : What does the phrase, "i have the blues" mean to you?

Last Answer : I ain’t happy ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ou-6A3MKow

What does "steal badge" mean?

Description : What does "steal badge" mean?

Last Answer : He must be referring to a model of bike used by Police Officers that partrol on bike… You may be looking at a discount, or very strange comment by a bike salesman that needs a commission…

What does this mean and where did it come from?

Description : What does this mean and where did it come from?

Last Answer : I would take it to mean something similar to the phrase “it’s not the years, it’s the mileage” meaning it describes a person who has travelled and experienced much and this “worldliness” is reflected in his or her face. Anyway, that’s what it means to me.

What do you think of GMail's phrase completions?

Description : What do you think of GMail's phrase completions?

Last Answer : I’m getting used to them. It is a bit big brotherish but sometimes very handy,

Is the phrase “cotton pickin” ever acceptable to use in public?

Description : Is the phrase “cotton pickin” ever acceptable to use in public?

Last Answer : It seems that everyone wants to find something to be outraged and offended about. I’m white. I asked a black co-worker if the phrase offended him. He said not in the least.

What are some phrases you or/and your group of friends used to say that are no longer said or used?

Description : What are some phrases you or/and your group of friends used to say that are no longer said or used?

Last Answer : Wicked awesome !

Do you have a go-to phrase that isn't "Oh my God!"? What is it?

Description : Do you have a go-to phrase that isn't "Oh my God!"? What is it?

Last Answer : Deary me!

Which positive phrases could you jokingly tear apart?

Description : Which positive phrases could you jokingly tear apart?

Last Answer : answer:“Smile and the world smiles with you.” Yes, maybe, or perhaps it will beeyotch-slap you, or think you’re a little slow.

What’s your default term when you can’t remember what something is really called?

Description : What’s your default term when you can’t remember what something is really called?

Last Answer : Thingamajig or the whatchamacallit.

What new phrases have you heard recently?

Description : What new phrases have you heard recently?

Last Answer : answer: Bingo Wings is certainly one I've recently learned. I recently heard Scrilla used to describe a cigarette and a lighter.. even though urban dictionary disagrees. As in: Hey man, let me get a ... of STD. Which one, I have yet to figure out. Sometimes I think people just make stuff up.

Next Sunday - when is that?

Description : Next Sunday - when is that?

Last Answer : I always think of it as the following.. so in my mind it would be September 4th.

"Heavens to Murgatroid!" what's a Murgatroid?

Description : "Heavens to Murgatroid!" what's a Murgatroid?

Last Answer : It’s an English surname.

Why do people say 'she knows her onions'?

Description : Why do people say 'she knows her onions'?

Last Answer : This site has a bit of discussion on the idiom.

What are the most overused phrases going around right now?

Description : What are the most overused phrases going around right now?

Last Answer : answer:I am sick of… “That’s cray, cray!” (crazy) “She’s jeal, jeal.” (jealous) “True story.” at the end of any story possible. “Jus’ sayin’.” at the end of many statements.

Nobody's perfect and ____?

Description : Nobody's perfect and ____?

Last Answer : Nobody’s perfect and I stand accused.

What is an appropriate response when someone tells you to "take it easy"?

Description : What is an appropriate response when someone tells you to "take it easy"?

Last Answer : answer:I just say “see ya!” :) No big deal.

How can one "expect the unexpected"?

Description : How can one "expect the unexpected"?

Last Answer : By expecting everything.

Love in Deed is Love in Deed.

Description : Love in Deed is Love in Deed.

Last Answer : What the hell does that mean,John?;)

Are there exact dates of "modern history"?

Description : Are there exact dates of "modern history"?

Last Answer : That depends on how exact you want to get. Modern History is taken to mean history from the Middle Ages forward. As such, early modern history began in the 1500s. Exactly what day of what ... debate, but over the long haul of human history and prehistory, that's a pretty definitive time period.

What is a unique way to say "jump straight to the point"?

Description : What is a unique way to say "jump straight to the point"?

Last Answer : I usually grab his face and say ‘FOCUS!’ but then again he’s 3 and a half and a child of mine.

Do you have any amusing expressions / reactions you use (not curses)

Description : Do you have any amusing expressions / reactions you use (not curses)

Last Answer : Me and my mate John tend to open our eyes very wide and say “wow!” in a gobsmacked way. It usually follows a stupid remark from someone else.

What is the male version of a "Chatty Cathy" called?

Description : What is the male version of a "Chatty Cathy" called?

Last Answer : Babbling Bob? @eponymoushipster Not cool.

Where did the phrase "For Pete's sake" come from?

Description : Where did the phrase "For Pete's sake" come from?

Last Answer : All I could find on it was this. Granted, I didn’t spend too much time looking.

Is there such a thing as a thesaurus for phrases?

Description : Is there such a thing as a thesaurus for phrases?

Last Answer : If there isn’t there should be.

Are there really that many ways a person could like apples?

Description : Are there really that many ways a person could like apples?

Last Answer : It means “how well”, not “in what way”.

Does anyone know cute short phrases or words to make someone sound witty?

Description : Does anyone know cute short phrases or words to make someone sound witty?

Last Answer : In my experience, anything that is used insincerely, out of your own time period or sounds rehearsed has the opposite effect. You sound younger and less clever than intended. That said, myself and others I ... mostly with each other or for comedic effect. Use it too much, and it'll turn on you.

What is the meaning and origin of "thumbing your nose"?

Description : What is the meaning and origin of "thumbing your nose"?

Last Answer : In Shakespearean times they used to bite their thumb at people (the whole first scene of Romeo and Juliet involves a fight over this obscene gesture). I'm not sure if thumbing your nose at someone ... very least, biting your thumb at someone is a disrespectful gesture that is at least 500 years old.

What is the origin of the phrase "Location, location, location"?

Description : What is the origin of the phrase "Location, location, location"?

Last Answer : Real estate

Which phrase changed your life?

Description : Which phrase changed your life?

Last Answer : For 43 excellent answers, recently generated by Astrochuck, check this out.

Examples of neutral diction in The Great Gatsby?

Description : Examples of neutral diction in The Great Gatsby?

Last Answer : Boris Uspensky

Write briefly on the diction theme and the figure of speech used in an Africa thunderstorm?

Description : Write briefly on the diction theme and the figure of speech used in an Africa thunderstorm?

Last Answer : I am an shs student and have no idea please help me do my assignment before school starts

What are some diction statements in the devil and tom walker?

Description : What are some diction statements in the devil and tom walker?

Last Answer : What is the answer ?

What differences do you notice about Malcolm X and diction in his description of his mother and father?

Description : What differences do you notice about Malcolm X and diction in his description of his mother and father?

Last Answer : What is the answer ?

Which comment is about the diction of a story?

Description : Which comment is about the diction of a story?

Last Answer : The author´s use of kennings allows her to maintain the rhythm of each line of poetry.-apexs

Is truth really stranger than fiction?

Description : Is truth really stranger than fiction?

Last Answer : Sometimes, I guess…but that’s just one of those sayings like ‘you just wait and you’ll persevere’ or ‘better sleep on it’ – it’s sort of neither here nor there, it’s not really prescriptive, it’s, I don’t know, pointless.

Truth or fiction: An apocryphal[maybe] tale told by an historian.

Description : Truth or fiction: An apocryphal[maybe] tale told by an historian.

Last Answer : answer:That sounds ridiculous, you already used the word apocryphal' lol . On December 12, 1799, Washington spent several hours inspecting his farms on horseback, in snow and later hail and freezing ... of shock from the loss of five pints of blood, as well as asphyxia and dehydration .

How can fiction lead us to truth?

Description : How can fiction lead us to truth?

Last Answer : I think fiction is both a mechanism for escape and a way for us to experience things in our imagination and use it in real life. Some books manage to do both. In a way, I think ... a Mockingbird - About the negative effects of judging things by their appearances and not trying to understand them

If I wanted to write fiction about a place I've never been before (which I, in fact, do), how could I possibly learn the fundamentals of the language enough for names of fictional places within that setting?

Description : If I wanted to write fiction about a place I've never been before (which I, in fact, do), how could I possibly learn the fundamentals of the language enough for names of fictional places within that setting?

Last Answer : I'm a little confused. Are we talking about a place that is not English speaking? I think you take some risk writing about a place you have never been, but I do think you can probably get quite ... editor can help you once you have the work done. Maybe I don't fully understand the question though.

What do you think of this article that suggests that children who are exposed to religion have difficulty distinguishing fact from fiction?

Description : What do you think of this article that suggests that children who are exposed to religion have difficulty distinguishing fact from fiction?

Last Answer : Sure. How else do you get people that are afraid of Ouija Boards, Harry Potter, Dungeons and Dragons and even Pokémon and Rock Music, because they think they are “demonic”?

Climate change is it fact or fiction?

Description : Climate change is it fact or fiction?

Last Answer : I love how you work in women’s clothing into your question. So classic.

Arizona's new Immigration Law: fact or fiction?

Description : Arizona's new Immigration Law: fact or fiction?

Last Answer : answer:Long, LONG overdue! LEGAL immigration is fine, but to begin your life in a new country by breaking the law does not sound like a good thing to me. The inaction on the part of the federal ... to become an American citizen, let them begin by obeying America's laws. The rest of us have to.

Do you prefer fact or fiction - generally?

Description : Do you prefer fact or fiction - generally?

Last Answer : I prefer fact from fiction, truth from diction – in books and films. ;)

Zombies. Fact Or Fiction?

Description : Zombies. Fact Or Fiction?

Last Answer : That's pretty cool. Like you, I'm sure something along those lines was tried during the cold war. You'll probably find there are a few lunatic cadavers in cold storage somewhere in ... to Zombies are those Haitian, chemically lobotomised victims of Voodoo or Santeria that you sometimes hear about.

How can I find out which parts of this book are based on fact, and which are fiction?

Description : How can I find out which parts of this book are based on fact, and which are fiction?

Last Answer : You might see if there is any information here. Although Stone worked from Michelangelo’s letters, I would suspect that any conversations would have to be fictional.

fact or fiction the herd of moose danced in a circle in the middle of the stream?

Description : fact or fiction the herd of moose danced in a circle in the middle of the stream?

Last Answer : ok if you think it is the first on say ab but if you think it is the second one say abc or you can just say fact or if you think that its fiction just say it

When the truth becomes not "power", as the saying goes, but a burden, what do you do?

Description : When the truth becomes not "power", as the saying goes, but a burden, what do you do?

Last Answer : You denounce it as “fake news”.