Truthiness (by the numbers)

[Fred Shapiro]

On Sun, 8 Jan 2006, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

> HURRICANE--858,000 Google Groups hits
> TSUNAMI--467,000 Google Groups hits
> KATRINA--235,000 Google Groups hits
> TRUTHINESS--54 Google Groups hits
> ...
> Word of the Year? Are we a (bad) joke?

"Truthiness" has 12,500 Google Web hits.  And are you suggesting that
"hurricane" is one of the best candidates for WOTY?

Fred Shapiro


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