truthiness

== English == === Etymology === From truthy +‎ -ness. Modern sense coined by American comedian and writer Stephen Colbert in October 17, 2005 on his show The Colbert Report. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹuːθinəs/ === Noun === truthiness (uncountable) (rare, archaic) Truthfulness. [from 19th c.] (US, colloquial) Superficial or asserted truthfulness, without recourse to evidence. [from 21st c.] Synonyms: truthlikeness, verisimilitude (programming) The property of being truthy, i.e. evaluating to true in a Boolean context. ==== Related terms ==== untruthiness ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Truthiness”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC. === Further reading === American Dialect Society's Word of the Year (2005)