Noun

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(rare, archaic) Truthfulness.

* {{quote-book

, year = 1824 , first = Joseph John , last = Gurney , authorlink = Joseph John Gurney , chapter = Amelia Opie , title = Memoirs of Joseph John Gurney , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=UH9DAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA242&dq=truthiness , year_published = 1854 , publisher = Fletcher and Alexander , location = Norwich , ol = 23318618M , volume = 1 , page = 242 , passage = Truly may it be said, that her valuable qualities have been sanctified ; whilst her play of character has not been lost, but has been rendered more interesting than before. Every one who knows her is aware of her truthiness , and appreciates her kindness ; }}

(US, colloquial) Superficial or asserted truthfulness, without recourse to evidence.

*2005 , (Stephen Colbert), The Colbert Report , 17 Oct 2005, (transcription):

*:'Cause you're looking at a straight-shooter, America. I tell it like it is. I calls 'em like I sees 'em. I will speak to you in plain simple English. And that brings us to tonight's word: truthiness .

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, year = 2006 , month = August/September , title = Immigration now, immigration tomorrow, immigration forever: reason's guide to reality-based reform , magazine = , issn = 0048-6906 , publisher = Reason Foundation , url = http://reason.com/archives/2006/08/20/immigration-now-immigration-to/singlepage , passage = Even in the halls of Congress, economic arguments against immigration are losing their aura of truthiness , so pro-enforcement types are focusing on national security. }}

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