ADS, aka...

[Benjamin Zimmer]

With the lingering topicality of "truthiness" in the aftermath of Frey
v. Oprah, the WOTY vote is still getting the occasional media mention.
But when pundits use "truthiness" to bemoan society's neglect of
factual truth, don't count on them to actually, you know, check their
facts. Here are two alternate names for the ADS that columnists have
recently come up with:

"American Dialectic Society"
http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_2124594.shtml

"American Linguist Society"
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/columnists/sfl-phoward29jan29,0,659120.column


--Ben Zimmer

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