Palin "Refudiates" Mosque Near Ground Zero (Sarah coins new term like "mis-underestimate"))

NBC New York ^ | 07/19/2010

[The_Reader_David]

I like yours better. I’d proposed “repudiate and refute”, but “repudiate and refuse” seems better.

[ANGGAPO]

But we all understand exactly what Palin means. When they build a monument in New York City to celebrate the death of American citizens at the hands of Muslim Terrorists, they are asking for something more than just talk. I do trust that they will get it.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

My lib friends ask me why I call obama “Prefident Obama.” I tell them to look it up!

“Prefident

Pref”i*dent\, a. [Cf. L. praefidens overconfident. See Pre-, and Confident.] Trusting beforehand; hence, overconfident. [Obs.] —Baxter.”

[Vendome]

NBC is Snarky and Stupid. It’s twitting. Doesn’t require spell checker or proofing by an editor.

It they are so smart, how come they are losing viewership?

[skimbell]

An I really like "No illegal aliens working in Nevada construction."

[Freddd]

Is that like ‘wee wee’d up’??

[Vendome]

Twice, even...

[SeekAndFind]

RefudiateObama.com is still available.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Refudiate;

Checked the Oxford English Dictionary (”OED”,) which does not cite “Refudiate.” If not in the OED, it is not in the English Language.

Now, there is a word, “Fud,” which means:
1) buttocks, or
2) the tail or “scut” of a rabbit or hare.

Combined with Re-, with the sense of “again,” and -iate....
Hummm.

To say that she means for the people of NY to re-establish or re-mount buttocks (forgive the image) or rabbit tails on the mosque at the WTC site does not seem credible, although it would seriously disturb Muslims—for which reason it ought to be seriously considered—and provide NY with some interesting entertainment.

I agree then, that, as mentioned above, it is a nonce word, a portmanteau of repudiate and refute.

[Never on my watch]

OOPS. OOPS. But I repeat myself redundantly.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Portmanceau it is!

“Twas brillig, and the slithy toads
did run for Congress in the fall!”

[Vendome]

Tsk, Tsk... ;-)

[dforest]

I used to try to tell my teachers that.

[Tenniel2]

Portmanteau: A big French suitcase into which you can toss all manner of things. Literally, “carry (the) overcoat”.

[Red Badger]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau

[Red Badger]

The simplest answer is usually the best one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occams_razor

[Notthemomma]

OK, so I was wrong. Additional news stories show her actually saying it on screen before later using it on twitter, so either she thought it was a real word, or thought it should be, or was in a continuing fog and putting two words together in her mind.

It doesn’t change my opinion of her a bit. I like her and what she’s trying to do for America.