misquotes
Gets words wrong
Misquotes are inaccurate reproductions of someone's words, whether through error or deliberate distortion.
To misquote is to get the wording wrong: The article misquotes me as saying I hated the film.
Famous sayings are often misquoted—many people attribute Play it again, Sam to Casablanca, though no character says exactly that.
Unverified and probably untrue
- miscreditedFalsely attributed to someone
- spuriousFalse though appearing genuine
- unauthenticNot the real thing
- fabricatedInvented, not real
Lack of precision
- typoPrinting mistake
- slipMinor error or misstep
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
mistake · erratum · mishearing · misremembering · garble · corruption · discrepancy · variant
False or misleading statement
- twistingRotating with distortion
- falsificationDeliberate alteration of truth
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- alterationAct of modifying
corruption · warping · skewing · slanting · bias · perversion · contortion · garbling
Intentional deceptive falsehoods
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- rumorUnconfirmed circulating story
- canardUnfounded malicious rumor
myth · clickbait · meme · fact-check · Snopes · debunking · correction · retraction
Deliberately untrue statement
- inventionNew device or method
- lieDeliberate falsehood
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
counterfeit · deception · prevarication · falsehood · concoction · fake · fraud · deliberate
apocryphal
Unverified and probably untrue
- miscreditedFalsely attributed to someone
- spuriousFalse though appearing genuine
- unauthenticNot the real thing
fabricated · debunked · pseudo · anonymous · viral · legendary
inaccuracy
Lack of precision
blunder · mistake · erratum · mishearing · misremembering · garble · corruption · discrepancy · variant · omission
misrepresentation
False or misleading statement
- twistingRotating with distortion
- falsificationDeliberate alteration of truth
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
alteration · corruption · warping · skewing · slanting · bias · perversion · contortion · garbling · mangling
disinformation
Intentional deceptive falsehoods
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- rumorUnconfirmed circulating story
canard · myth · clickbait · meme · fact-check · Snopes · debunking · correction · retraction · spread
fabrication
Deliberately untrue statement
hoax · counterfeit · deception · prevarication · falsehood · concoction · fake · fraud · deliberate · intentional
- blundersblunder, blunders, blundered, mistakes, botch
- everyday mistakesslip, typos, trip, spelling errors, fall
- media ethicsjournalism ethics, media ethics, media bias, journalistic ethics, journalistic integrity
- Misattributed Quotes
- misinformationmisinformation, disinformation, fake news, falsehoods, hoaxes
- newspaper errorstypos, errata, corrections, misprints, misreporting