Yes, the winner has finally been released
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.''
I could probably make a snarky comment about that being the way that Lefties come by all their positions, from the gut, rather then facts, but I'll refrain from that type of late night pettiness :)
I know that Beth must be relieved that the voting is finally over and her word won. Think I am kidding? Check her post, back on 11/29. You go, girl!
More: Michelle M, who certainly doesn't have enough pirates on her blogroll, chimes in, picking up the story from Merriam-Webster, which provides the full definition:
1. truthiness (noun)
- "truth that comes from the gut, not books" (Stephen Colbert, Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report," October 2005)
- "the quality of preferring concepts or facts one wishes to be true, rather than concepts or facts known to be true" (American Dialect Society, January 2006)
Perfect word for the "reality based community." Snicker.
