# truthiness

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɹuːθinəs/

## Definitions
1. Truthfulness.
2. Superficial or asserted truthfulness, without recourse to evidence.
3. The property of being truthy, i.e. evaluating to true in a Boolean context.

## Etymology
From truthy + -ness. Modern sense coined by American comedian and writer Stephen Colbert in October 17, 2005 on his show The Colbert Report.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/truthiness