truthiness

Stephen Colbert defines truthiness as "The quality by which one purports to know something emotionally or instinctively, without regard to evidence or intellectual examination".

The truthiness is whatever I want it to be.

by Ldd114 August 7, 2006

truthiness

According to an interview Stephen Colbert gave on 60 minutes, he defined it this way:

"Truthiness is what you want the facts to be, as opposed to what the facts are. What feels like the right answer, as opposed to what reality will support."

On "The Word" Colbert's example of Truthiness was: If you think about The War in Iraq, maybe there a few missing pieces to the rationale for war, but doesn’t taking Saddam out "feel" like the right thing?

by DavidN September 8, 2006

truthin

a word used to describe someone who is telling the truth, opposite of cb

you better be truthin

by jeff cocksmers December 6, 2006

Truthification

1. n. The act of changing a false statement into a true statement through the use of outside sources.

My lie has been justified by means of truthification.

by Aaron M Sinwell November 19, 2007

truthocution

To receive a deadly amount of truth. Pun based on truth + electrocution.

"Shave your head, strap yourself in, and throw the switch -- you're about to get a truthocution." -- Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, October 20, 2005

by Coell October 28, 2005

truthiness

An opinion of what is true, unincumbered by the facts

There is truthiness to WMD in Iraq, Bill Orielly, and the fox channel,

by Tahitikev August 30, 2006

truthism

1."Telling something like it is", often to the dismay of the conventional folk.
2.A website that will either make you shit bricks laughing (like me) or make you some severe paranoid type . Check out www.truthism.com.

From the top of my head:

I say: Most South Park or Boondock episodes carry some form of truthism in it's satire.

AND The people being subjected to the satire say: Lies! LIES! AAARRRGGGHHHH!

by stifffromtheneckup May 5, 2009