anecdote
(noun) short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
anecdote (plural anecdotes)
A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
A previously untold secret account of an incident.
anecdote (third-person singular simple present anecdotes, present participle anecdoting, simple past and past participle anecdoted)
(ambitransitive) To tell anecdotes (about).
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Source: Wiktionary
An"ec*dote, n. Etym: [F. anecdote, fr. Gr. Dose, n.]
1. pl.
Definition: Unpublished narratives. Burke.
2. A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
