Editing Faxlore (section)

{{short description|Urban legends that spread via fax machine}}

[[File:Mickey mouse acid warning.png|thumb|An early example of a faxlore warning about tattoo stickers allegedly laced with drugs, an [[urban legend]] collected by [[Jan Brunvand]] in his book ''The Choking Doberman'']]
'''Faxlore''' is a sort of [[folklore]]: [[humor]]ous texts, [[folk poetry]], [[folk art]], and  [[urban legend]]s that are circulated, not by word of mouth, but by [[fax machine]].  '''Xeroxlore''' or '''photocopylore''' is similar material circulated by [[photocopying]].

The first use of the term '''xeroxlore''' was in [[Michael J. Preston (professor of English)|Michael J. Preston]]'s essay "Xerox-lore", 1974.<ref>{{cite journal
| last         = Preston
| first        = Michael J.
| year         = 1974
| title        = Xerox-lore
| url          = http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000108623293
| journal      = Keystone Folklore
| publisher    = Pennsylvania Folklore Society
| volume       = 
| issue        = 19
| pages        = 11–26
| doi          = 
| accessdate   = 2013-11-23
}}</ref> "Photocopylore" is perhaps the most frequently encountered name for the phenomenon now{{cn|date=August 2023}}, because of [[trademark]] concerns involving the [[Xerox]] Corporation.  The first use of this term came in ''A Dictionary of English Folklore'' by [[Jacqueline Simpson]] and [[Steve Roud]].<ref>[[Jacqueline Simpson]] and [[Steve Roud]] (2000). ''A Dictionary of English Folklore''. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-860766-0}}.</ref>