granfalloon

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (General American) enPR: 'grăn.fəʹlo͞on, IPA(key): /ˌɡɹæn.fəˈluːn/ Rhymes: -uːn === Noun === granfalloon (plural granfalloons) 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. === See also === Appendix:Kurt Vonnegut