Truthiness
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ururimi: English
pikolas (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 8 Gitugutu 2011 14:59:28
In 2005, Stephen Colbert introduced the term 'truthiness', which, according to Wikipedia, "is a "truth" that a person claims to know intuitively "from the gut" or that it "feels right" without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts."
Any ideas on how that could be translated to Esperanto with the least possible loss of meaning?
captflint (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 8 Gitugutu 2011 15:16:56
Cisksje (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 8 Gitugutu 2011 15:20:17
verumeco.
ceigered (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 8 Gitugutu 2011 16:10:04
Cisksje:A stab in the dark -I like this, but don't know how vero and umo interact.
verumeco.
Otherwise I'd suggest something like "vereteco" ~ "little-truth-ness", as if the truth is only partially founded.
darkweasel (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 8 Gitugutu 2011 16:56:15
barat (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 8 Gitugutu 2011 17:56:03
The truthiness is a new word, which would not be understood without a previous explanation. So is "memvero".
Cisksje (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 8 Gitugutu 2011 18:10:06
ceigered:Well, it is only a beginner's stab in the dark. My rationale is that 'um' indicates some kind of tendency towards whatever, hence, ver-um-ec-o (which I hope) = the quality of being in a state of tending to truth.Cisksje:A stab in the dark -I like this, but don't know how vero and umo interact.
verumeco.
Otherwise I'd suggest something like "vereteco" ~ "little-truth-ness", as if the truth is only partially founded.
Paracetamol time, maybe... darkweasel (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 8 Gitugutu 2011 18:38:54
Cisksje:Seems you actually wanted to use -em and not -um...?
tending to truth
RiotNrrd (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 8 Gitugutu 2011 19:33:35
Truthiness is something that isn't necessarily true. It just seems true.
Cisksje (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 8 Gitugutu 2011 19:45:26
darkweasel:Pass. Will consult the long neglected books - not to ascertain the correctness of your suggestion, but do discover if I did in fact mean to say what I said.Cisksje:Seems you actually wanted to use -em and not -um...?
tending to truth
