Definitions

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  • verb nonstandard To repudiate, to oppose.

Etymologies

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Blend of repudiate and refute. Often associated with Sarah Palin's infamous slip of the tongue, however it was around long before then.

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Examples

  • Weeks after breaking new linguistic ground by using the term refudiate,

    Sarah Palin's 'Cackle' Stretches Boundaries Of English Language 2010

  • While speaking of the "power" in "words" on July 14th of this year, the spokesperson in question in a spontaneous mash-up single-handedly coined the word refudiate while presumably reaching for "refute" or "repudiate."

    Bill Chameides: On Words: 'Global Warming' Meets Astrology Bill Chameides 2010

  • So for now the lesson learned is that the word refudiate can be used by people other than Sarah Palin, and Lisa Murkowski is the winner in the political spelling bee.

    Jerry Kremer: Murkowski Defines "Refudiate" for Palin Jerry Kremer 2010

  • So for now the lesson learned is that the word refudiate can be used by people other than Sarah Palin, and Lisa Murkowski is the winner in the political spelling bee.

    Jerry Kremer: Murkowski Defines "Refudiate" for Palin Jerry Kremer 2010

  • So for now the lesson learned is that the word refudiate can be used by people other than Sarah Palin, and Lisa Murkowski is the winner in the political spelling bee.

    Jerry Kremer: Murkowski Defines "Refudiate" for Palin Jerry Kremer 2010

  • So for now the lesson learned is that the word refudiate can be used by people other than Sarah Palin, and Lisa Murkowski is the winner in the political spelling bee.

    Jerry Kremer: Murkowski Defines "Refudiate" for Palin Jerry Kremer 2010

  • While speaking of the "power" in "words" on July 14th of this year, the spokesperson in question in a spontaneous mash-up single-handedly coined the word refudiate while presumably reaching for "refute" or "repudiate."

    Bill Chameides: On Words: 'Global Warming' Meets Astrology Bill Chameides 2010

  • So for now the lesson learned is that the word refudiate can be used by people other than Sarah Palin, and Lisa Murkowski is the winner in the political spelling bee.

    Jerry Kremer: Murkowski Defines "Refudiate" for Palin Jerry Kremer 2010

  • Of course, the word refudiate doesn't exist - but she used it a week before her Twitter entry in an interview with the Fox network, where she called on President Barack Obama to refudiate comments he had made - and its use by a woman who wants to be seen as a credible politician drew immediate derision.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • Anyhoo, Sarah Palin deleted her refudiate tweet and issued forth a new tweet-pinion … but her defense of making up the word refudiate guaranteed that the original tweet would live on in.

    Shakesville 2010

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  • It worries me that this has the honor of being a "word"...

    March 20, 2012