faxlore

/ˈfækslɔː/

Etymology

From fax + lore.

faxlore means A kind of folklore comprising humorous material and urban legends that are shared by fax machine. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.

noun

A kind of folklore comprising humorous material and urban legends that are shared by fax machine.“Both Xeroxlore and faxlore have an increasing emphasis of visual material: / [It may be] a characteristic of both the increasingly visual sophistication of youth in our society and the capacities of the fax machine which sends images rather than alphanumeric messages; […]”