Original: Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year On December 10, 2006 the Merriam-Webster Dictionary announced that truthiness was selected as its 2006 Word of the Year on Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year, based on a reader poll, by a 5–1 margin over the second-place word google.
Simplified: It was also selected by the Merriam-Webster dictionary on December 10, 2006 as its 2006 Word of the Year .