A blend of refuse (or refute) and repudiate. Allegedly coined by Sarah Palin in 2010, but references can be found dating back to at least 1973.
Source: Speech Errors as Linguistic Evidence. p. 85 Edited by Victoria A Fromkin. Copyright 1973
Source: Speech Errors as Linguistic Evidence. p. 85 Edited by Victoria A Fromkin. Copyright 1973
by paulmd August 31, 2010