side notes
Comments in margins
Side notes are comments or observations placed in the margin of a document, or figuratively, secondary remarks tangential to the main topic.
In conversation, as a side note introduces a brief digression: Side note: I ran into your ex at the grocery store.
The term suggests information worth mentioning but not central to the discussion.
- remarksSpoken comments or notes
- endnotesSupplementary citations after chapters
- glossesSurface shines or annotations
- footnotesMarginal citations below text
- scribblesHasty, careless marks
marginalia · comments · annotations · pencil marks · postscript · tangents · digressions · by the way · musings · asides · observations · addenda · reflections · interjections · subtexts · quips · off the record · appendices
- triviatrivia, facts, quiz, anecdotes, trivia night
- trivialitiestrivia, trifles, minutiae, small potatoes, peanuts
side notesbody text
Document's main prose
thesis · main point · headline · key points · main points
side notesfocal point
Center of interest
centerpiece · headline · highlights · key takeaways · crux
side, note, sides, notes, sided, siding, sidelong, sideways, sideward