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  • verb Common misspelling of referred.

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Examples

  • Ethelred - the name refered not to his youth but to his incompetence

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • No gaffs except Palin refered to the US/NATO commander in Afganistan as General McClellan instead of McKiernan.

    I fell asleep during the VP debate « PurpleSlog – Awesomeness & Modesty Meets Sexy 2008

  • The ANC believed the name refered to a important event in the ANC's history, while Cope was expected to argue that the name did not belong to the ruling party.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • However, one interviewer tells Neil she heard the name refered to "this thing in New York where gay guys get hamsters and put them in plastic bags and shove them up their asses."

    ! Exclaim.ca - News 2009

  • However, one interviewer tells Neil she heard the name refered to "this thing in New York where gay guys get hamsters and put them in plastic bags and shove them up their asses."

    ! Exclaim.ca - News 2009

  • At its inception the phrase refered to Iraq, but about six weeks in that super genius realized what a clusterfuck Iraq was and “repurposed” his site to the ‘war on terra.’

    Matthew Yglesias » We Win, They Lose 2007

  • (initially i thought the title refered to some gangster theme ... and i thought it was a children's book version of some chicago mobster thing ... or something ...) 11: 23 AM

    I Was a Rat! by Philip Pullman 2007

  • During US occupation of Japan in 1945, the Meiji law banning tattoos was removed, but the social stigma against tattoos has managed to persist, resulting in some of the modern-day exclusions some commenters refered to.

    Tattoo in Japan Boing Boing 2009

  • Palin recently refered to Obama's "death councils" or something like that, now she is calling for restraint?

    Palin urges restraint at town hall meetings 2009

  • Why is Eunice refered to as "Kennedy Sister" in the headline for this story?

    Funeral mass to be held for Eunice Shriver 2009

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