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DEFINITION: v. To share a true but extremely embarrassing story about a close personal friend at the worst possible time. n. A moment of ill-timed honesty.
Verboticisms
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Bffbomb
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: bee-eff-eff-bom
Sentence: Half way through her speech she dropped a real BFFbomb
Etymology: B.F.F[best friends forever]. Bomb.
Distake
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: distāk
Sentence: Letting Joan have a mic at the gathering was a big distake. Maybe it was an tacky to have a bull roast wake but Joan's alcohol-enhanced "roast" of the deceased was beyond tasteless. The silence was deafening.
Etymology: dis (act or speak in a disrespectful way toward) + mistake (an action or judgment that is misguided or wrong)
Anabarrass
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: an/uh/bar/uhs
Sentence: Give Jenny a wedding, a microphone and three drinks and can anabarrass anyone she knows in the room, especially the bride.
Etymology: ANABARRASS - verb - from ANA (a collection of miscellaneous information about a particular person) + EMBARRASS (to make uncomfortably self-conscious)
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COMMENTS:
I like it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-04: 18:22:00
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Wrenchtoast
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: renchtōst
Sentence: Most guests at the wedding were shocked when the maid of honor delivered an alcohol-enhanced wrenchtoast, detailing every foible of the newlyweds. The two divorce lawyers in attendance were practically giddy.
Etymology: wrench i.e. monkey wrench (sabotage) + French toast (bread coated in egg and milk and fried) + toast (a call to a gathering of people to raise their glasses and drink together in honor of a person or thing)
Truthicide
Created by: green
Pronunciation: truth i side
Sentence: The Maid of Honor stood in front of the 250 guests who were gathered to celebrate the nuptials of her best friend, when she suddenly plunged into a truthicide that left everyone wincing and the bride looking at her with daggers.
Etymology: truth suicide
Informortify
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: INFORM+mORTIFY
Sentence: After she had too much to drink, her loose lips informortified all her friends.
Etymology: INFORM+mORTIFY
Jabberblabber
Created by: TJayzz
Pronunciation: Jabb-ur-blabb-ur
Sentence: Not realising that Tom was the world's worst Jabberblabber, George had confided in him about his cross-dressing habit. So when he accidently let his secret out of the bag during the annual meeting of the local rugby club, he was horrifed and promised himself that from then on he would keep things to himself in future.
Etymology: Jabber(to talk excitedly, nonesensical chatter) Blab(to reveal secrets by indiscreet talk) = Jabberblabber
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COMMENTS:
I think I should be offended by this word but it's very funny - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-04: 14:57:00
Good thing Jabber's taking this in stride - wordmeister, 2008-06-04: 21:18:00
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Trooble
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: troo-ble
Sentence: As a parish priest, and the ear of the confessional, reverend Tom was privy to everyone's dirty laundry. Unfortunately after a glass of wine or two, he would start to trooble, which wasn't so bad until he starting troobling on the church's new blog... And so now everyone's troobles, were googled.
Etymology: true + trouble
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COMMENTS:
In olden days he would have been known as a troobladour. - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-04: 15:00:00
The sacramental wine turned out to be sacrificial. - Mustang, 2008-06-04: 21:55:00
Good word, wm...it reminded me of that episode on Star Trek, The Trooble with Tribbles! - Nosila, 2008-06-04: 23:00:00
fantastic! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-05: 23:51:00
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Stabbatruth
Created by: abrakadeborah
Pronunciation: Stab-a-truth
Sentence: Jealousgina finally had her opportunity to spew a long winded stabbatruth at Kay's wedding toast.
Etymology: Stab- to jab or a sudden sharp feeling. A truth- a judgment, proposition, or idea that is true or accepted as true.
Tattlesnake
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: tat-tel-snake
Sentence: The maid of honor turned into a tattlesnake the minute she got a microphone in her hand and completely mortified the bride and everyone else at the wedding.
Etymology: tattle: to reveal through gossip + snake: describes a back-stabber or treacherous person
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COMMENTS:
clever - mweinmann, 2009-07-22: 19:53:00
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Comments:
Today's definition is inspired by Miranda's moment of honesty during the Wedding Rehearsal scene in the Sex in the City ~ James
scrabbelicious - 2012-01-06: 01:44:00
Nice. The bride's annals inndeed.