PERSON@1 's Word of the Year On December NUMBER@1 , NUMBER@2 the Merriam-Webster Dictionary announced that truthiness was selected as its NUMBER@2 Word of the Year on Merriam-Webster 's Words of the Year , based on a reader poll , by a NUMBER@3 -- NUMBER@4 margin over the second-place word google .

It was also selected by the PERSON@1 dictionary on December NUMBER@1 , NUMBER@2 as its NUMBER@2 Word of the Year .
