'Refudiate' US word of the year November 16, 2010 - 9:09AM
AAP
A made-up word most famously used by US politician Sarah Palin has been named the Oxford American Dictionary's Word of the Year for 2010.
During a TV appearance in July Ms Palin demanded that US President Barack Obama `refudiate' charges that the country's Tea Party movement is racist - the word is believed to be a mixture of `refute' and `repudiate'.
The New York Post says `refudiate' triumphed over other words including `bankster', a name for an evil banker, and `Gleek', a name for a fan of the TV show Glee.
