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DEFINITION: v. To share information without understanding the difference between what should be public, and what others consider to be private. n. A person who doesn't know what not to say.
Verboticisms
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Unscrupulgate
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: un-scru-pul-gate
Sentence: Phil's wife was constantly warning him not to unscrupulgate, as his boss had warned her that he might lose his job if he didn't learn to hold his tongue.
Etymology: From unscrupulous, (unprincipled) and promulgate, (to make public). Thus Phil was an unscrupulgator. Big teeth. To be avoided.
Gossiblab
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: gah-sih-blab
Sentence: kids are usually better than adults at gossiblabbing, but that's not a very good thing for them.
Etymology: gossip+blab
Tumbletongue
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: tumble-tung
Sentence: Rupert's propensity to tumbletongue made him the first guy to be invited into the hitherto all-girl office gossip group
Etymology: tumble (to spill out uncontrollably) + tongue (to give voice to)
Oversharing
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: oh-ver-shae-ring
Sentence: Evan messed up most of his date's by oversharing his non-existent sexlife.
Etymology: oval - circle with two centers. shearing - to remove wool from a sheep. (Or maybe it's a more logical composition...)
Indisconfidiocy
Created by: Carole
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Her private life was broadcast to the world, through her boyfriends indisconfidiocy.
Etymology: indis/ indiscretion, confid/ confidential, idiocy/ stupipity
Confidentyell
Created by: IanArcher
Pronunciation: as "confidential"
Sentence: When I showed up, Tim was confidentyelling about Clarice's performance in the bedroom.
Etymology: from "confidential" and "yell"
Splutterance
Created by: Maureen
Pronunciation: splutter - ance
Sentence: Don't tell Jamie anything you want kept secret. He has a bad case of splutterance.
Etymology: splutter - to blurt something out without thinking. ance- suffix denoting action.
Flapout
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: flapout
Sentence: keep your mouth you ara a flapout
Etymology: out as in out and flap als in evrerything, flapout means just say anything you want anytime.
Furyloquendi
Created by: dstorm78
Pronunciation: Furee-low-kwen-dee
Sentence: He has the gift of furyloquendi, and can never shut up.
Etymology: From the latin/greek "furor loquendi" meaning the 'gift of gab' mixed in with a little fury, which would likely follow those with this problem.
Tacitless
Created by: sweetclarity
Pronunciation: t-ah-sit-less.
Sentence: That's tacitless!
Etymology:
Comments:
chris - 2007-01-08: 13:54:00
good word
wordmeister - 2007-01-08: 22:50:00
Hey Chris, Which word did you like?