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Words You Can't 'Refudiate'

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The New Oxford American Dictionary named Sarah Palin's mash-up of refute and repudiate, "refudiate," as its word of the year. Merriam Webster chose austerity. What were the words that caught your attention in 2010? Steve Kleinedler, senior editor of the American Heritage Dictionary, tells us what makes a word dictionary-worthy.

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