Re: Truthiness is t he 2005 Word of the Year

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

Why is the ADS wasting this valuable superior resource, Barry Popik, 
generating putative New Words that Barry would have vetoed? The ADS would save a lot 
of time and money if they would just put Barry in charge of selecting the New 
Word of the Year and forget about nominating, voting, etc. He could even 
proclaim last year's non-New Word of the Year as this year's New Word of the Year. 

The only drawback to such a plan that I can see is that the press does not 
pay any attention to Barry. Big Apple? Windy City? How can America be SO WRONG? 
We make a big deal of the festive pronouncements of an ancient, jolly 
organization that has a sense of humor and a marvelous sense of the theatrical 
possiblities of lexicography! We ignore the sour rantings of genius!


In a message dated 1/7/06 2:04:56 AM, Bapopik at AOL.COM writes:


> This is pathetic. Are you guys that desperate to get on tv (well, Comedy
> Central)? "Truthiness"??
> ...
> Last year, when "tsunami" (Dec. 25) was forgotten and almost  disqualified, 
> I
> was promised that it would get some consideration this year.  But, of 
> course,
> it didn't.
> ...
> Truthiness??
> ...
> That's one reason why I don't bother to go to these  things.
>