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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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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
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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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.
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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Inappropriyak
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: in-uh-proh-pree-yak
Sentence: As Blurt and Ernie were checking out at Aberzombie & Snitch, they struck up conversation with the clerk. They told her how their buddy, who was about to get married, was working hard to see how many women he could "be with" before the event. From the look on this woman's face they suddenly felt their inappropriyak may have introduced them to Bob's fiance.
Etymology: inappropriate (not proper or suitable) + yak (to talk, especially uninterruptedly and idly; gab; chatter)
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
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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Shockward
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: shok ward
Sentence: When Melanie got up to give an impromptu speech at her friend Melodie's wedding, people knew that things would become shockward. Melanie had consumed more than her share of bubbly and spoke slurringly, but clearly into the microphone. She was bitter because Melodie was marrying the only man that Melanie had ever loved...the groom, James. Not only did she declare her undying love for him, she announced that she was carrying his baby and wanted him to leave Melodie for her. Even the dance band striking up "YMCA" could not divert people from this debacle.
Etymology: Shock (an unpleasant or disappointing surprise;the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally) & Awkward (hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment;not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner)
Bantersnitch
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: BAN - ter - snich
Sentence: In her mindless and sometimes treacherous manner, Billie Jo once again found a most inopportune time to bantersnitch very revealing personal and private secrets about her best friend, Constance.
Etymology: Blend of banter and snitch. Also a play on 'bandersnatch': a person of uncouth or unconventional habits, attitudes, etc., esp. one considered a menace, nuisance, or the like.
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COMMENTS:
nice blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-04: 14:51:00
Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-04: 18:23:00
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Blabomination
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /blab-bom-uh-NAY-shun/
Sentence: Susan realized that she should have assigned someone to curb her best friend's consumption of Fuzzy Navel's at her wedding reception when Brandi suddenly grabbed the microphone. Her scandalous chronology of Susan's ex-boyfriends, and her awful breakups with them, was a total blabomination, and was recieved only with shocked silence. Afterward, Susan calmly walked over to the videographer, who had recorded the whole thing, threatened him with violence if didn't edit that speech out of the wedding video, borrowed a phone and tried to find a number for a Homicide Hotline, if there was such a thing.
Etymology: Blab - to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly (back formation from Middle English, blabberen "to talk idly") + Abomination - a vile, shameful, or detestable action (from Latin, abominatus "shun as an ill omen")
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COMMENTS:
A blabariuos success! - wordmeister, 2008-06-04: 12:53:00
great word - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-04: 14:56:00
Good one, Tigger...I'd have givewn her a punch in the blabdomen! - Nosila, 2008-06-04: 22:58:00
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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.