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Refudiate

To reveal one's ignorance whilst attempting to sound clever.
Sarah Palin totally refudiated herself again last night. Is she incapable of using a thesaurus or what?
by mkbth July 19, 2010
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A term used to indicate the underlying racism of the speaker. If you as a racist need another group to give up their culture you ask that group to refudiate their beliefs and culture. Users of this term reject the English language, facts, rationalism and black people.
Sarah Palin asked NY Muslims to "refudiate" their mosque near the 9/11 WTC site.
by urtbada213 July 18, 2010
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disowned like a prostitute's child
The Federalist party was practically repudiated after the war of 1812.
by william l. June 28, 2006
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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
I ask you to refudiate terrorism.
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Verb: "From a strictly lexical interpretation of the different contexts in which Palin has used 'refudiate,' we have concluded that neither 'refute' nor 'repudiate' seems consistently precise, and that 'refudiate' more or less stands on its own, suggesting a general sense of 'reject,' " the New Oxford American Dictionary said in a press release.
The former governor used the word in a Twitter message last summer, calling on "peaceful Muslims" to "refudiate" a planned mosque near the site of the 9/11 attacks in New York.
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The act of refusing to repudiate a behavior or action one has done by indirect means, usually by evading or changing the subject.
Sarah Palin refudiated her error in typing 'refudiate' instead of 'refute' by claiming she was purposefully coining a new word.
by Caf2000 July 19, 2010
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The sexual act of sodomy while driving a snow mobile. In Alaska, refudiation is a traditional way of settling grudges. The practice began in the mid-19th century when rival oil and mineral speculators would settle claims through an act of sodomy while riding in a dog-sled. Public displays of ritualistic sex brought levity to angry miners and was thought to "reverse the feud" between the two injured parties. After refudiating, it was understood that no further arguments could be made.
Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate.
by That other Joe August 3, 2010
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