Saturday, December 09, 2006
All hail 'Truthiness'
"Truthiness" — Stephen Colbert's famous noun — tops the 2006 word list at Merriam-Webster. The dictionary site, citing Colbert, defines "truthiness" as "truth that comes from the gut, not books."

The Comedy Central funnyman responded to the news in characteristic fashion:
Though I’m no fan of reference books and their fact-based agendas, I am a fan of anyone who chooses to honor me. And what an honor. Truthiness now joins the lexicographical pantheon with words like ‘squash,’ ‘merry,’ ‘crumpet,’ ‘the,’ ‘xylophone,’ ‘circuitous,’ ‘others’ and others.
 
posted by Andy Bechtel at 8:30 AM | Permalink |


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