Granfalloon
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Etymology
Coined by Kurt Vonnegut in the 1963 science fiction novel, Cat's Cradle, in which Vonnegut described the term as referencing "a proud and meaningless association of human beings"; later adopted by market researchers and social scientists
Noun
- 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.