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Word of the Year - "Truthiness"

Posted by Zonk on from the oh-that-loveable-rascal dept.

KingSkippus writes "Stephen Colbert calls it 'truth that comes from the gut, not books.' Merriam-Webster calls it their 2006 Word of the Year. The word, first introduced [Windows media] on 'The Word' segment of The Colbert Report, won by a five-to-one margin. In spite of Colbert's ironic dismissal of dictionaries and other reference books, will Colbert's coined word actually be added to those books? With media outlets like CNN and MSNBC covering it, the idea may very well have truthiness."

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  1. I laughed the first time. by CosmeticLobotamy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I laughed the second through fifth times. It was a good gag.

    Now we're up to the 703rd time. I think it's time for "truthiness" to make a graceful exit from the world.

  2. Re:Mod parent DOWN for ignorance... by KingSkippus · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Well, I didn't really develop the entire so-called pseudo-intellectual explanation of why I used it that way. At the time, it really was more along the lines of, "See? CNN and MSNBC agree with my gut and say it's a word. If you go trying to look it up, well then, you clearly don't understand the concept of 'truthiness.'"

    The so-called pseudo-intellectual explanation of it was for the benefit of those who think that I don't get it. In the submission, though, I really couldn't think of any other way to express it without, well, overanalyzing it.

  3. Even more ignorance... by KingSkippus · · Score: -1, Redundant

    sigh And I see that someone with mod points doesn't know the meaning of "Troll" or "Redundant" also.

    Go ahead and mod this one down too, I dare you. Because 1) it's not like this topic isn't pretty old and dead and it matters, 2) stunning displays of ignorance on Slashdot don't make me mad, they amuse me, and 3) as much as you love modding me down, I know that you can only do so up to five times max. Deep inside, I know that I'm doing the world good, because if you're busy modding my trivial posts down, it means that you're leaving other people's more interesting posts alone. So hey, have a ball with it! ;-)

    For those of you with brains, I don't really care whether or not you read the posts that are below your threshold in this thread, but for what it's worth, I'm well aware of what "truthiness" is and yes, I did use exactly it in the correct sense. If you actually want to see that I do, unfortunately, you'll have to dig past the idiot with mod points.