Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Hey, that's not a real word!

But the New York Times Crossword puzzle used it anyway. Saturday, June 14ths NYT puzzle, clue 1.A: Modern coinage meaning intuition without regard to the facts.

The answer: "Truthiness", the world coined by none other than Stephen Colbert.
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3 comments:

  1. OrbsCorbsJune 18, 2008 at 11:07 PM

    In all truthiness, it is a word.

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  2. kkditherJune 19, 2008 at 7:20 AM

    I love Stephen Colbert. I always warn my students about Wikiality when doing research papers too.

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  3. hale-boppJune 19, 2008 at 9:56 AM

    I volunteer as a judge at local science fairs. It is pretty disturbing how the only background "research" cited in many projects is Wikipedia.

    I did improv in Chicago many years ago with a young man from Carleton College who is now a write for the Colbert Report.

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