At last the wait is over. We now know that the 2005 Word of the Year is: "truthiness."
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.
The American Dialect Society chose the word Friday after a runoff with terms related to Hurricane Katrina, such as "Katrinagate," the scandal erupting from the lack of planning for the monster hurricane.
Michael Adams, a professor at North Carolina State University who specializes in lexicology, said "truthiness" means "truthy, not facty."
To use it in a sentence: James Frey stands behind the truthiness of his addiction memoir: A Million Little Pieces (Random House).
