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USATODAY.com - Linguists vote ‘truthiness’ word of 2005
> 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.
Boy, if this doesn’t describe most right-wing Republicans’ view of the world, I don’t know what does. Every aspect of right-wing policy reflects the words of Adam Savage from Mythbusters: “I reject your reality and substitute my own.”
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> 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.
Boy, if this doesn’t describe most right-wing Republicans’ view of the world, I don’t know what does. Every aspect of right-wing policy reflects the words of Adam Savage from Mythbusters: “I reject your reality and substitute my own.”
Tags: grommes, politics, republicans, mythbusters, words