1. truthiness
2. google
3. decider
4. war
5. insurgent
6. terrorism
7. vendetta
8. sectarian
9. quagmire
10. corruption
Here's part of the Associated Press report:
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.
4 comments:
I had no idea this was based on a comdian's routine. That is too funny!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061208/ap_on_re_us/word_of_the_year_2
"Truthiness" is what the slideshow from Hertitage Place is all about. What an intelligent and caring group of responses! What wisdom about the needs of ths world!
I first thought "Yet another sign of the impending apocalypse." Could a respectable organization such as Merriam-Webster have created this list? Then I looked at the actual web link provided. The list is "based on votes from visitors to our Web site", according to M-W. Whew, I can breathe again.
Hello Cheri!
I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas and the hoppiest of New Years!
I must add to your list that wonderful new verb coined by Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) earlier this year: to pombo-ize, meaning to make extreme or unpalatable. As in "a pombo-ized version of this bill will never make it through the Senate."
Unfortunately for Mr Chafee, he (like Pombo) was defeated in November. Maybe he'll be looking to get a job with Mirriam-Webster...
All the best, Bahbby
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