In some non-Emmy, non-Bridge, non-Green Screen news, apparently Stephen Colbert’s words are truly making an impact in the world today. Or, more like it, some obscure word group wanted to get a little free publicity so they choose the hippest, coolest buzz words around to put on a press release.

“Truthiness,” “Wikiality” named TV words of year
Washington Post
Monday, August 28, 2006; 11:57 AM

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Truthiness” and “Wikiality” — two of the words popularized by political satirist Stephen Colbert on his TV show “The Colbert Report”– were named on Sunday the top television buzzwords of the year. The word-trend group Global Language Monitor, in its annual survey of words from television that had an impact on the language, also cited the words “Katrina,” referring to continuing stories about the hurricane’s destruction; “Katie,” a reference to Katie Couric’s move into the nightly news anchor role at CBS News; and “Dr. McDreamy,” a nod to a character on the breakout hit “Grey’s Anatomy.”

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