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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.

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Tattlesnake

mrskellyscl

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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clever - mweinmann, 2009-07-22: 19:53:00

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Tattlesnake

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: tat tel snayk

Sentence: At Betsy's wedding, Monica was a real tattlesnake, when after 6 or 7 gins, her speech was about the bride's past conquests.

Etymology: Tattle (gossip;divulge confidential information or secrets) & WordPlay on Rattlesnake (sidewinder;desert snake which sneaks up on you and then rattles it's tail before striking)

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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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Gincerity

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: jin ser it ee

Sentence: During the wedding, the liquor flowed and so did the bride's lurid history. Her best friend and maid of honour, Stacy, felt compelled by gincerity to disclose the bride's annals of one night stands to the groom and everyone else in the large reception hall.

Etymology: Gin (strong liquor flavored with juniper berries)& Sincerity (moral soundness;honesty)

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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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Bantersnitch

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: BAN - ter - snich

Sentence: In her mindless and sometimes treacherous manner, Laverne once again found a most inopportune time to bantersnitch very revealing personal and private secrets about her best friend, Constance.

Etymology: Blend of 'banter' (idle talk) and 'snitch' (tattle). 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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Wrenchtoast

artr

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)

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Truthicide

green

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

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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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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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Distake

artr

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)

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-06-04: 00:00:01
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.