Seth Meyers Refudiates Link Between Sarah Palin And William Shakespeare On SNL’s “Weekend Update”
In an aside during SNL's "Weekend Update" segment, Seth Meyers chastised the New Oxford American Dictionary for selecting Sarah Palin's literary "fender-bender" refudiate as the 2010 Word of the Year. The stern lecture, titled "Come on, Dictionary," had the exasperated fake news host urging the Oxford University Press not to celebrate Palin's accidental...
Sarah Palin’s ‘Refudiate’ Named 2010 Word Of The Year
One musn't underestimate the power Sarah Palin wields. Her massive influence has touched a lot of spheres of American life, and she's now making her mark on an unlikely one—lexicography. First her term 'hockey mom' broke into the New Oxford American Dictionary. Now her portmanteau 'refudiate' has been declared by that same...
Sarah Palin Appreciates Kathleen Parker’s ‘Admittance’ Via Twitter
On the heels of Kathleen Parker's admission/boast that she "led the (media) assassination" of Sarah Palin during the 2008 campaign, Palin responded via Twitter "Parker: appreciate your admittance. Now, I'm still standing;Standing by family, faith & flag. Who do u stand by today?"Malapropisms aside, Palin seems to be taking a rather...
‘Refudiate’ Returns: Ed Gillespie Uses Palinism In CBS Interview
Love her or hate her, Sarah Palin has influence. If you doubt this, look no further than former Bush adviser Ed Gillespie's appearance on CBS News' Face the Nation today. In responding to charges that he's helping to "steal our democracy," Gillespie resurrected the former Alaska governor's most infamous malapropism, stating...
PBS Defends ‘Palinese’ Segment Mocking Sarah Palin
Who’d have guessed. Apparently some PBS watchers are also Sarah Palin supporters. Or at least Sarah Palin sympathizers. Comedian Andy Borowitz, in his short, funny segment that appears at the end of Jon Meacham’s ‘Need to Know’ PBS news show, this week made fun of Sarah Palin. Specifically he mocked her...
