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

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

truthiness

derives from the word 'truth'; a satirical term to describe things that a person claims to know intuitively or "from the gut" without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts

"Truthiness is tearing apart our country, and I don't mean the argument over who came up with the word"

by kelsey gibbz February 23, 2008

touthing

the "engrish" word for touching

tour guide: No touthing please.
kid: can we touch?
tour guide: Well there is not sign that says no touching, so i suppose that it's ok.
kid: *touches all the artifacts and breaks everything*
tour guide: at least he's not touthing anything

by Gretchin Lorel June 17, 2009

truthington

A phrase used when someone speaks facts, this phrase was used in particular by Fulcrum

"that is the truthington" - Fulcrum

by fulcrumfan November 18, 2022