Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year: Truthiness

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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.”

You can read more about the word at (where else) the Wikipedia article.