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Now that refudiate is on its way to the dictionary, what should the newly coined word mean?
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September 8th, 2010
Ever since Sarah Palin flubbed it into existence, “refudiate” is the most searched word on Google.com and Dictionary.com. So since it seems to be with us for better or worse, what should it mean. Some think it was an attempt at repudiate. Others think refute. Why not a portmanteau of both, to refute by repudiating. Of course, refuting something by simply repudiating it is an already well known and well worn logical fallacy, argument by assertion.
Person A says, “X is not true.”
Person B says, “X is true.”
Person A refudiates [sic] Person B’s argument by declaring, “NO, X is not true because I say it’s not true (because I refudiate your claim).”
But hey, that’s just how politicians constantly “refudiate” logic, so why not have a single word for it? What do you think. Should it be added to the dictionary due to its popularity? If so, what should it mean?
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