Truthiness

[sagehen]

>sagehen wrote:

>Ugh.  Well, it does have a sort of appositeness in a year when the snake
>oil of "intelligent design" seems to have induced mass hypnosis!
>
> ~@:>   ~@:>   ~@:>   ~@:>
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>Fred Shapiro wrote:
>
>I am not sure what the official criteria are for WOTY, but it seems to me
>that one criterion might be that the word captures the zeitgeist of the
>time.  I think "truthiness" wonderfully captures the political tendencies
>of current Republicanism/fundamentalism.
>
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You & I seem at least to be singing in the same key here; maybe more of the
choir will chime in when they get the hang of the tune!
AM

A&M Murie
N. Bangor NY
sagehen at westelcom.com