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fwiw, here is the OED entry in question..
truthy
Characterized by truth; truthful, true. Hence truthiness, truthfulness, faithfulness.
c1800 J. H. COLLS Theodore I, You..are afraid Theodore your sweetheart shouldn't prove truthy. 1824 J. J. GURNEY in Braithwaite Mem. (1854) I. 242 Everyone who knows her is aware of her truthiness. 1848 Fraser's Mag. XXXVII. 404 Descriptions of country life and truthy touches of native manners. 1851 SIR F. PALGRAVE Norm. & Eng. I. 601 Regino was truthy and honest.
but, in truth; lot's of terms get overloaded.
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