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Troll_Bait
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 Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 1:49 am Post subject: Colbert's 'truthiness' pronounced Word of the Year |
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Stephen Colbert's 'truthiness' is pronounced the Word of the Year for 2006
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After 12 months of naked partisanship on Capitol Hill, on cable TV and in the blogosphere, the word of the year for 2006 is . . . "truthiness."
The word - if one can call it that - best summed up 2006, according to an online survey by dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster. "Truthiness" was credited to Comedy Central satirist Stephen Colbert, who defined it as "truth that comes from the gut, not books."
"We're at a point where what constitutes truth is a question on a lot of people's minds, and truth has become up for grabs," said Merriam-Webster president John Morse. "'Truthiness' is a playful way for us to think about a very important issue."
Other Top 10 finishers included "war," "insurgent," "sectarian" and "corruption." But "truthiness" won by a 5-to-1 margin, Morse said.
Colbert, who once derided the folks at Springfield-based Merriam-Webster as the "word police" and a bunch of "wordinistas," was pleased.
"Though I'm no fan of reference books and their fact-based agendas, I am a fan of anyone who chooses to honour me," he said in an e-mail to The Associated Press.
"And what an honour," he said. "Truthiness now joins the lexicographical pantheon with words like 'squash,' 'merry,' 'crumpet,' 'the,' 'xylophone,' 'circuitous,' 'others' and others."
Colbert first uttered "truthiness" during an October 2005 broadcast of "The Colbert Report," his parody of combative, conservative talk shows.
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Privateer
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twg
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| Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:33 am Post subject: |
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| I use that word all of the time. |
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JeJuJitsu
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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| wait...wasn't truthiness LAST year? I seem to recall it being a meme a year ago. |
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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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So "truthiness" is pronounced "word of the year".
The Phonetics are way off is it from a french origin or something?
Am I missing a vowel or something?
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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| JeJuJitsu wrote: |
| wait...wasn't truthiness LAST year? I seem to recall it being a meme a year ago. |
From Wikipedia:
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| It was named word of the year for 2005 by the American Dialect Society and for 2006 by Miriam-Webster. |
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Moldy Rutabaga
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:00 am Post subject: |
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Ken:>
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flotsam
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:39 am Post subject: |
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| I find it appalling that Colbert speaks in Canadian. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| Moldy Rutabaga wrote: |
I think Colbert is intelligent, but I just can't take him seriously with that ridiculous bow tie. What decade is he living in?
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Dude, this is Stephen Colbert.
You're thinking of this tool, Tucker Carlson, who was fired from his hosting job on Crossfire when Jon Stewart called him out.
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Moldy Rutabaga
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:49 am Post subject: |
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I know he's not Tucker Carlson, but.. okay-- I didn't read the fine print-- he was just trying on the tie. 
Ken:> |
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RACETRAITOR
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:47 am Post subject: |
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| The only time I'd ever seen him wear a bowtie was with his tux when he met the president. And the man spoke more truthiness than the world had seen in years. |
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gang ah jee
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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| cbclark4 wrote: |
So "truthiness" is pronounced "word of the year".
The Phonetics are way off is it from a french origin or something?
Am I missing a vowel or something?
cbc |
Don't worry, cbc, I got the joke. |
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cbclark4
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