response to Mark Peters and Jenny Mörtsell's post Mark Peters on the Colbert Suffix
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Commented on November 12, 2007 by - Asvetic


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response to Mark Peters and Jenny Mörtsell's post Mark Peters on the Colbert Suffix
Commented on November 12, 2007 by - Asvetic
-Branstag, I think you missed the point. The "-iness" is the idea that everything it's attached to means it's as close to that idea without actually being it. It's such a simple concept that it's brilliant.
Truthiness is it give off the appearance of being True without actually having any roots in Truth. i.e., the NEW bullshit.