In its 16th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society
voted truthiness as the word of the year. First heard on the Colbert Report,
a satirical mock news show on the Comedy Channel, truthiness refers to
the quality of stating concepts or facts one wishes or believes to be
true, rather than concepts or facts known to be true. As Stephen
Colbert put it, “I don’t trust books. They’re all fact, no heart.”
Thanks to Elayne Riggs for the link. Thanks to David Weinberger for declaring 2006 the year of truth.
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