List of neologisms on The Colbert Report
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Stephen Colbert has coined a number of neologisms on his satirical pundit show The Colbert Report.
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[edit] ColBucks
Fictitious money in which, according to the Report, Colbert's employees are paid. Colbucks are only accepted at the company store. Among the items available for purchase are "Colbert Condon'ts", which carry the slogan, "These condoms don't run".
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[edit] Femistapo
A portmanteau of Feminist and Gestapo. Colbert's word for radical feminists.
[edit] Filliam H. Muffman
A portmanteau of Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy, parodying celebrity couple nicknames such as Bennifer and Brangelina. The term was first used on the Valentine's Day special Stephen's Laws of Love, a segment which also mentioned the couple's fictional movie The Splendiferous Zeppelin Escapades of Filliam H. Muffman and "Billympia", a portmanteau of William H. Macy and ex-girlfriend Olympia Dukakis.
The word is noted for causing Colbert to lose character by laughing.
[edit] H
[edit] Hunami
Hunami was coined when Stephen Colbert deftly contracted the phrase "human tsunami" into a single word. It was first seen in the October 19, 2006, episode of The Colbert Report as he was introducing founder of The Minuteman Project Inc., Jim Gilchrist.
[edit] Hiphopketball
A mix of the words "Hip-hop" and "Basketball".
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[edit] Jazzebration
A celebration of Jazz culture, often referring to Stephen Colbert's Hiphopketball: A Jazzebration, a fictitious documentary.
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[edit] Lincolnish
Having some kind of quality in common with Abraham Lincoln. Used on the opening credits of the Report to describe Colbert (April 17 – August 24, 2006).
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[edit] Nerdrection
In an interview with Will Wright, Colbert used this word to desribe fans response to Will Wright being on the show. A combination of the words "nerd" and "erection"
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[edit] Megamerican
A play on "Mega-American", this word was used to describe Colbert in the opening credits of the Report (February 21 – April 6, 2006).
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[edit] Personating
Meaning the opposite of impersonating. To act as oneself, and additionally from oneself's own gut.
Stephen Colbert used this word during a sketch where he stated, "There is too much impersonating and not enough Personating!"
Stephen Colbert came to the conclusion that there had to be a Steve Bridges impersonator because of a Fox News Channel reporter who made paradoxical statements regarding Steve Bridges' George W. Bush impersonations (October 16, 2006).
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[edit] Superstantial
More than stantial (cf. substantial). Used on the opening credits of the Report to describe Colbert (September 11, 2006).
[edit] Stephen Colbert's World of ColbertCraft
A fictitious project Colbert revealed on the Report, which is a deliberate play on World of Warcraft.
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[edit] Truthiness
Truthiness is a humorous term in reference to the quality by which a person claims to know something intuitively, instinctively, or "from the gut" without regard to evidence, logic, or intellectual examination. Colbert popularized this definition of the word during the first episode (October 17, 2005) of his satirical television program The Colbert Report, as the subject of a segment called "The Wørd."
By using the term as part of his satirical routine, Colbert sought to critique the tendency to rely upon "truthiness," and its use as an appeal to emotion and tool of rhetoric in contemporary socio-political discourse. He particularly applied it to President Bush's modus operandi in nominating Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court and in deciding to invade Iraq.
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[edit] Unicorn Husbandry
Unicorn husbandry was a "science" proposed by Colbert in response to theoretical physics.
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[edit] Wikiality
- Main article: Wikiality
The representation of truth on Wikipedia that is determined by consensus rather than fact. He also instructed viewers to change the elephant article to add that the number of elephants has tripled in the last six months, saying that if enough people agreed, it would become true and would be the first step on a path to saving the endangered beasts. He goes on to express his love for Wikipedia as it presents a philosophy similar to Colbert's own truthiness (that intuition is more true than fact) as "if enough people believe something" it becomes true.
[edit] Wordinistas
Colbert's term for the American Dialect Society.
| Elements: | Better Know A District • Neologism • Truthiness |
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| Related: | Stephen Colbert • Episodes • Correspondents' Dinner • The Daily Show |
