`Truthiness' Is Named Word of the Year

[NVMojo]

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - After 12 months of naked partisanship on Capitol Hill, on cable TV and in the blogosphere, the word of the year for 2006 is ... "truthiness."

The word - if one can call it that - best summed up 2006, according to an online survey by dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster.

"Truthiness" was credited to Comedy Central satirist Stephen Colbert, who defined it as "truth that comes from the gut, not books."

"We're at a point where what constitutes truth is a question on a lot of people's minds, and truth has become up for grabs," said Merriam-Webster president John Morse. "`Truthiness' is a playful way for us to think about a very important issue."

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2006/dec/08/120806726.html

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. Colbert kick!

:woohoo: ! he's famous now!

[NVMojo]

2. loved that DC dinner with Colbert!! Never will I forget it!

[PassingFair]

6. THAT was heroism!

Still takes my breath away when I think of it.

[wellst0nev0ter]

8. "Balls-a-licious"

as Jon Stewart would say.

[Kagemusha]

3. Truth that comes from belief, not like, actual truth.

Colbert dearly deserves this homage. That word was a stroke of comedic genius as well as linguistics - it truly explains our really messed up world a little better than before.

[Hekate]

4. Faith-based factoids, as opposed to actual reality-based facts.

"Truthiness" ... a great concept in Newspeak.

Hekate

[sutz12]

5. Ah, yes.

From the man who gave us "Reality has a liberal bias."

:rofl: and :kick:

[Sabriel]

7. Read the article

I'm still laughing over the email he sent AP:

"And what an honor," he said. "Truthiness now joins the lexicographical pantheon with words like `squash,' `merry,' `crumpet,' `the,' `xylophone,' `circuitous,' `others' and others."

[Lisa]

9. "reference books and their fact-based agendas"

Brilliant! A nod to Suskind's "reality-based community", with a cunning allusion to all the "agenda" talk.