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The article, ‘Truthiness’ by Ben Zimmer, talks about Stephen Colberts introduction to the word ‘truthiness’. According to dictionary.com, truthiness is the quality of being considered to be true because of what the believer wishes or feels, regardless of the facts. He introduced this word in 2005 on his show, ‘The Colbert Report’. This word soon became viral and won the ‘Word of the Year’ award in 2005.It was also entered into the New Oxford American Dictionary in early 2010. This article is interesting because it relates to the meme group work we have been doing in class and it made me realize how difficult memes are to go viral. Colberts new word was initially criticized, even though it is not even entirely new. Also, the main source for anyone to refer to for if a word is ‘real’ or not is through dictionaries. However, language is constantly evolving and is different to everyone, so dictionaries should not be the only source for people to look at. Words should continue evolving and people should be open to the idea of adding new words.