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  1. January 7th, 2006, 01:49 PM #1
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    And the winner is...

    Sorry, this has no real relevance at all, to anything, but I find the evolution of the English language fascinating, and I love reading these articles every year. This year's word of the year is:

    ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) -- A panel of linguists has decided the word that best reflects 2005 is "truthiness," defined as the quality of stating concepts one wishes or believes to be true, rather than the facts.
    As usual, technology and pop culture were the driving forces behind most of the "words" this year. For the rest of the list, read here.
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  2. January 7th, 2006, 02:40 PM #2
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    Hi debs,

    " truthiness ' I believiness thata toa bea greatiness wordiness

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  3. January 7th, 2006, 02:52 PM #3
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    Hmmmm,

    Actually the concept has been around for quite a few years, they used to be called "factoids" which meant "facts" usually invented by hack journalists

    EDIT: here is a link:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factoid

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  4. January 7th, 2006, 04:38 PM #4
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    Originally posted here by nihil

    Norman Mailer 1973......................I am showing my age
    Wow, that's the year before I was born...you are showing your age!
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    Hey Fleshies-

    Here is a great W0rd breakout from "The Colbert Report" via Wikipedia:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Col..._episode_guide
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  7. January 11th, 2006, 11:12 PM #6
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    The funny thing is a lot of our words ARE mistranslations we found out later.
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  8. January 11th, 2006, 11:12 PM #7
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    The funny thing is a lot of our words ARE mistranslations we found out later.
    West of House
    You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.
    There is a small mailbox here.
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  9. January 11th, 2006, 11:25 PM #8
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    Trying to pronounce that is like missing front teethes.....
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  11. January 11th, 2006, 11:25 PM #9
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    Trying to pronounce that is like missing front teethes.....
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