circumstances in which object i have facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotional or personal belief. the word has been around for a while and thanks to the brexit referendum and the visceral u.s. election, it s seen a spike in use. so catherine connor martin is the head of u.s. dictionaries at oxford university press and it s your job to add words to the dictionary. post-truth, was this an easy decision? what does it signify for this country? well, that s a question that is beyond what i can answer but what we noticed this year is that post-truth, a word that s existed with more or less its meaning since 1992 suddenly was spiking in usage and not only here in the united states but also in the uk around the brexit referendum and internationally
administration are reaching across the aisle, the fact that vice president-elect pence is meeting with not only democratic leaders on capitol hill, by the way, we don t know if leader pelosi will hold on to her job, we should find out about that later this month, in these messages, the show of unity. i think the word he used the brisk. they re hoping to work and move briskly and all they have stacked up in terms of an agenda from the trump administration but it s important to see that the reaching over the aisle even before inauguration and what he just said, finding areas where both parties can move forward together. so let me bring in my panel with me. a a. b. stott dard, bakari sellers, joshua green, senior national correspondent for bloomberg business week and barry bennett who used to be the campaign manager for republican ben carson. so thank you all so much for being with me and, a. b., i want to jog back to this news about
focus and the job of president demands seriousness. brooke? michelle, thank you, michelle kosinski in berlin. coming up, i m a word nerd so when i found out one of the new words being added to the oxford dictionary, i thought wow, we ll tell you what that word is and what it signifies after our past year here in the united states. also, the ted cruz/marco rubio headline from the 2016 presidential race we never knew about until now.
that brings us to tonight s word. truthiness. [ laughter ] now, i m sure some of the word police, the wordinistas at websters are going say, hey, that s not a word. well, anyone who knows me knows that i m no fan of dictionaries or reference books, they are elitist, constantly telling us what is or isn t true or what did or didn t happen. love me stephen colbert. i think i ve used the word true thinkness. a year later, merriam webster made it their word of the year. fast forward to now, oxford dictionary has nominated post-truth. as or relating to denoting
that he s doing something different. we ll have to see what this do any people have influence? is this just a transition meeting and accomplishing a political goal. but i think the question is open and you have to give him credit for having these meetings. what an awesome stocking stuffer. this cnn book is on sale december 6. you can pre-order your copy, go to cnn.com/book and don t miss tonight, a special report on anderson cooper 360. mr. chalian, kudos and thank you. thank you, brooke. up next, in a world of tumultuous politics, a new word of the year the people in charge of the oxford dictionary hasay