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Hey, just a little ysk: it's anecdote / anecdota from the greek word meaning "unpublished", nothing to do with data! :)

It’s a joke, derived from the saying “the plural of anecdote is not data.”

"Anecdata" is usually online shorthand these days for saying, "I know the plural of anecdote is not data, but fwiw here's my experience."

^ This is what I meant by it. Not corroborated by any scientific study, just a field report.

> Not corroborated by any scientific study, just a field report.

But that's exactly what "anecdote" means already, why change it?