Truthiness is the 2005 Word of the Year

[Grant Barrett]

In its 16th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect
Society voted "truthiness" as the word of the year. First heard on
the Colbert Report, a satirical mock news show on the Comedy Channel,
"truthiness" refers to the quality of stating concepts or facts one
wishes or believes to be true, rather than concepts or facts known to
be true. As Stephen Colbert put it, “I don’t trust books. They’re all
fact, no heart.”

The full report, including the winners in other categories, is
available for download:

<http://www.americandialect.org/wotY2005/>

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Grant Barrett
administrator at americandialect.org
American Dialect Society
VP of Comm and Tech
http://www.americandialect.org/