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 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

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 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.

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.

verb: to fast, or to refuse nourishment.

When Sarah Palin decides regular English words aren't good enough, she'll just go ahead and make a new one. Here, Refudiate bridges the gap between "refuse" and "repudiate", to mean exactly what she wants it to mean.

A made-up English word: a combination of two legitimate words; "refute" and "repudiate". This is similar to George W. Bush's use of the word "misunderestimate" several years prior.

Used by Sarah Palin multiple times in print and conversation, she claims her use of "refudiate" is simply her "contributing to the living language" and justifying her ignorance by saying that "Shakespeare liked to coin new words too".

Despite the best efforts of the GOP and Tea Party spin doctors, its clear to everyone who wasn't home-schooled that she's a fucking idiot.

1. A malapropism comprised by combining the words refute (to prove wrong) and repudiate (to abandon)

2. To prove something is wrong by the act of abandoning it, rather than by any actual proof

Synonyms: overthrow, abandon, disregard, disparage, denigrate

Note: This word has been mistakenly defined as a combination of refuse and repudiate, but since those words are synonyms, that makes absolutely no sense.