'Refudiate' might eventually be listed in dictionaries

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Source: Associated Press

Merriam-Webster's "Word of the Summer" is not even a word. That's something no one can "refudiate."

Sarah Palin's attempt to splice "refute" and "repudiate" on a news show and in a Twitter message in July sparked more searches on the publisher's online dictionary during the summer than most real words did. But don't expect all the interest in "refudiate" to lead to an actual dictionary entry.

... "I think people immediately knew what she was trying to say because the words 'refute' and 'repudiate' were also being looked up very, very frequently," said John Morse, Merriam-Webster's president and publisher.

... "Will 'refudiate' get in the dictionary? Time will tell," Morse said. "Lexicographers are not good fortune tellers, so even if I had a theory, that wouldn't make it true."

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