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granfalloon

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: 'grăn.fəʹlo͞on
  • General-American: /ˌɡɹæn.fəˈluːn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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  • rhymes with -uːn

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

Coined by American writer Kurt Vonnegut in 1963, in the novel Cat's Cradle, in which Vonnegut described the term as referencing a false karass, or "a proud and meaningless association of human beings"; later adopted by market researchers and social scientists.