From Indecision…

Yesterday — while discusses the likelihood of all of us being instantaneously vaporized by the massive energy output of nuclear weapons — White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs fielded a question from a reporter who asked about the White House's "strategery" in keeping us all safe.

Ah, it's good to laugh sometimes…

There seems to be some confusion in the YouTube comments concerning the origins of the word "stratetgery"…

It's a stephen colbert word… not SNL. (joeben81)

It's not a "Saturday Night Live word." SNL used it in a skit because then candidate Bush actually said it during the debate that they were parodying. (ChunAsperEndao)

Oddly enough, for the first time in the history of ever, YouTube commenters have turned out to look dumb, because Gibbs was totally right. It's an SNL word…

The word "strategery" was coined for a Saturday Night Live sketch, written by James Downey, airing October 7, 2000, which satirized the performances of George W. Bush and Al Gore, two candidates for President of the United States, during the first presidential debate for election year 2000. Comedian Will Ferrell played Bush and used the word "strategery"…

However…

After the 2000 presidential election, people inside the Bush White House reportedly began using the term as a joke, and it later grew to become a term of art among them meaning oversight of any activity by Bush's political consultants. Bush's strategists also came to be known within the White House as "The Department of Strategery" or the "Strategery Group."

A February 9, 2001, transcript of a CNN interview attributes George Bush using the term, presumably as an intentional nod to the comedy sketch.

Alright, now that we've tackled that incredibly important issue, I think we can all sleep a little more soundly tonight, safe in the knowledge that we know where a made-up word got made-up.