The esteemed half-term Governor Sarah Palin(R-Pluto) developed this neologism as a means to demonstrate her unparalleled capacity for steadfast denial of fact and truth.
Refudiate comes from the root "repudiate," and when combined Palin's all-american bravado and insistence that she's right even when she's wrong, a new word is added to the national lexicon.
Common "repudiate" meanings:
Refuse to accept or be associated with
Deny the truth or validity of
Palin "refudiate" meanings:
Refuse to accept or be associated with anything that doesn't serve my political agenda.
Deny the truth or validity of ANYTHING at my discretion, ESPECIALLY when it is actually true.
In summary, "refudiate" generally means: to deny and disassociate oneself from the truth at all costs.
Refudiate comes from the root "repudiate," and when combined Palin's all-american bravado and insistence that she's right even when she's wrong, a new word is added to the national lexicon.
Common "repudiate" meanings:
Refuse to accept or be associated with
Deny the truth or validity of
Palin "refudiate" meanings:
Refuse to accept or be associated with anything that doesn't serve my political agenda.
Deny the truth or validity of ANYTHING at my discretion, ESPECIALLY when it is actually true.
In summary, "refudiate" generally means: to deny and disassociate oneself from the truth at all costs.
I did not quit as Governor, I refudiate that. I was forced out by the gotcha media and the global liberal conspiracy determined to rob of us of our divine right to shoot wolves from helicopters.
by edgecity February 20, 2011
v. to reject with denial
A portmanteau of repudiate and refuse, famously coined by conservative commentator, Vice Presidential candidate, and drop-out Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
An earlier instance of the word is found in the June 25, 2010 New York Times article, "When Capitalism Meets Cannabis". Here, journalist David Segal, quoted a legal marijuana seller. The quote demonstrated a common expressive dysfunction among these people, who would neologize in a chronic marijuana haze.
Sarah Palin's innate cognitive disabilities allowed her to independently coin the term on the July 14, 2010 Fox News show, Hannity.
Sarah Palin used the neologism again in a post to her Twitter account on July 18, 2010. After she was educated by her audience, she deleted the offending post and attempted a correction with two more posts containing the words, "refute" and "reject". As way of explanation, she compared herself, as a wordsmith, to Shakespeare and asked readers to celebrate her mistakes.
A portmanteau of repudiate and refuse, famously coined by conservative commentator, Vice Presidential candidate, and drop-out Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
An earlier instance of the word is found in the June 25, 2010 New York Times article, "When Capitalism Meets Cannabis". Here, journalist David Segal, quoted a legal marijuana seller. The quote demonstrated a common expressive dysfunction among these people, who would neologize in a chronic marijuana haze.
Sarah Palin's innate cognitive disabilities allowed her to independently coin the term on the July 14, 2010 Fox News show, Hannity.
Sarah Palin used the neologism again in a post to her Twitter account on July 18, 2010. After she was educated by her audience, she deleted the offending post and attempted a correction with two more posts containing the words, "refute" and "reject". As way of explanation, she compared herself, as a wordsmith, to Shakespeare and asked readers to celebrate her mistakes.
July 18, 2010: Ground Zero mosque supporters, doesn’t it stab you in the heart as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, (please) refudiate.
July 14, 2010: (The Obamas) could refudiate what it is that (the NAACP) is saying. They could set the record straight.
June 25, 2010: ...interviewing pot sellers is unlike interviewing anyone else... Simple yes-or-no questions yield 10-minute soliloquies. Words are coined on the spot, like “refudiate,” and regular words are used in ways that make sense only in context.
July 14, 2010: (The Obamas) could refudiate what it is that (the NAACP) is saying. They could set the record straight.
June 25, 2010: ...interviewing pot sellers is unlike interviewing anyone else... Simple yes-or-no questions yield 10-minute soliloquies. Words are coined on the spot, like “refudiate,” and regular words are used in ways that make sense only in context.
by MikeyMcMikenson July 19, 2010
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
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.
by MMC Chuck November 16, 2010
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 03, 2010
1. To inantly refuse to make a point. An act of "repute" in self defense of the word previously stated. To refudiate.
2. A supreme being of great knowledge, superior being, has been bestowed the gift from wisemen so as to inantly "refudiate" the great wisdom.
2. A supreme being of great knowledge, superior being, has been bestowed the gift from wisemen so as to inantly "refudiate" the great wisdom.
Sarah has refudiated her previous statement of misguided information in order to redirect the words by the surrounding the word of meaning with new context.
by Wasn'tMeEither December 19, 2010
by tirkishdogs123 December 19, 2010