• February 15, 2012

words

ILLITERACY IN THE NEWS

Sarah Palin’s Non-Word ‘Refudiate’ Is Merriam-Webster’s New Favorite Word

by Riley Waggaman

3:15 pm September 7, 2010

Oh for Pete’s sake! Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Summer is Sarah Palin’s merciless assault on the Queen’s English, “refudiate,” and only because refudiate has been the most searched-for non-word on its Internet website since the fateful day William Kristol declared it a miracle of profound conservative wordsmithery. Is the volume of Internet searches the only [...]

AT LEAST IT'S NOT SPANISH!

Bill Kristol Uses Non-Word To Define Conservative Agenda

by Riley Waggaman

2:15 pm July 26, 2010

Hi America, do you have a second? Because Bill Kristol needs your help most urgently. He is searching for a word that defines the “conservative agenda,” a word that means “to refute making sense” and “to repudiate Mexicans,” a special word meaning both of these things at the same time. “Get a brain, morans” doesn’t [...]

ARI FLEISCHER

Daily Briefing: Assembly of Experts

by Alex Pareene

9:07 am January 30, 2007

MICHELLE MALKIN

Word of the Day: Malkin

by Ken Layne

12:32 pm January 8, 2007