Sarah Palin Now Influencing the English Language, Too 5.55K Richard Lawson 11/15/10 04:14PM Filed to: Scary Scary sarah palin Refudiate Language World Domination Dictionaries Oxford American Dictionary tweet Fb We have the new truthiness! The Oxford American Dictionary announced today that Palin's Twitter malapropism "refudiate" is its 2010 Word of the Year. Good job, guys. Let's just keep rewarding this woman. There's no way it could possibly end badly.