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Written by Pat's Papers | Wednesday, 8 September 2010 10:09 AM
Here’s something you can’t refudiate: Merriam-Webster’s word of the summer isn’t actually a word. After Sarah Palin took a turn as neologist by splicing ‘refute’ and ‘repudiate’ together, first on Fox News and then on Twitter, the dictionary website lit up says the St. Petersburg Times. A linguistics expert says if enough people start using the word, it could become a standard part of our vernacular. Ever modest, Palin reminded those who mocked her misstep that Shakespeare was also known to coin words.
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