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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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Candidlaudbomb
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: can/di/lawd/bawm
Sentence: The mood was set. The long table in the darkened hall was gently illuminated with softly glowing candles. The huge candelabrum at the head of the table was waiting to be lit by the happy couple when suddenly one of the guests beat them to it and lit off instead a candidlaudbomb.
Etymology: candid + laud + bomb + candelabrum (large branched candlestick holder)
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COMMENTS:
Very clever - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-04: 18:24:00
Shedding new light on things. I like it. - Mustang, 2008-06-04: 19:45:00
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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)
Divulgauche
Created by: splendiction
Pronunciation: die vul goshe
Sentence: The maid of honor’s speech divulgauched stories about some darker moments in the bride’s past that would smear a thick film of bitterness over their honeymoon
Etymology: From divulge and gauche.
Verbalfauxtrot
Created by: scrabbelicious
Pronunciation: | ˈvə ː b(ə) ː fɒks ː trɒt|
Sentence: Juxt suppose you were at an opening night or that special occasion and someone accidentally gave you the microphone and somehow on opening your mouth, all that came out was verbalfoxtrots; you just pooed on your own doorstep.
Etymology: 'Verbal' -Spoken word- as in verbal diarrhea, mish mashed with 'Faux' (pronounced fox like maybe an idiot would do) as in 'Faux pas' - an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation - . And finally 'Trot' as in 'the trots' a colloquialism for diarrhea. Altogether meaning is of a verbal dance performed by a perhaps drunken, certainly temporary twit...verbal fox trot..call my bluff..that's a word baby
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
Rickledicule
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: rickel/di/cule
Sentence: Everyone cringed when they saw Don approach the mike at the wedding because they knew he was about to rickledicule the groom.
Etymology: ridicule + Don Rickles (comedian famous for embarassing roasts)
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COMMENTS:
Ricklediculously good word! - Nosila, 2009-07-23: 01:37:00
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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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Confidunce
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: kon - fe - duns
Sentence: Lisa took the podium at Margie's retirement party and proved to be a confidunce. In her speech, she regaled the attendees with Margie's true opinions of the people she had worked with, how she really hated the company and how many things she had stolen from inventory over the years. Because she told her stories in a "comical" way, she was ignorant of the fact that she had humiliated Margie.
Etymology: confidence(a secret that is confided or entrusted to another), dunce (a stupid person)
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COMMENTS:
Good thing Margie was retiring anyway... - Nosila, 2009-07-23: 01:38:00
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Truthinmouth
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: truth in mouth
Sentence: With blissful ignorance, Marylou continued to spout one truthinmouth after the other, before her sister stabbed her with the cake knife.
Etymology: foot in mouth + truth
Sneakcret
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: snee kret
Sentence: Hazel's normal discretion abandoned her once she imbibed anything alcoholic. So it should come as a surprise to no one that at her best friend, Georgina's wedding, she grabbed the microphone. Instead of a toast to the newlyweds, she let out a sneakcret known only to the bride and herself: Georgina used to be called George!
Etymology: Sneak (someone acting as an informer) & Secret (something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
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COMMENTS:
good word... - 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.