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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.
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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.
Opensecrete
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: O-pen-se-CREET
Sentence: His opensecretism was his downfall, causing his friends to stop confiding in him.
Etymology: open secret (something generally known) + secrete (discharge, emanate, give off)
Secretell
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: see-kret-ell
Sentence: Flicka wanted to keep her birthmark in the shape of Bob Saget private knowledge, but after Roy did some drunken secretelling at the office party, that was impossible.
Etymology: secret + tell
Broadcrast
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /'brod-"crast/
Sentence: Normally Jim got a kick out of it when his girlfriend broadcrast all their dirty little secrets to his friends, but this time, he wished she'd just kept her mouth shut.
Etymology: from broadcast + crass
Spazblab
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: SPAZ-blab
Sentence: After 2 drinks Bob was busy spazblabbing about our new takeover strategy to everyone.
Etymology: spaz (To be clumsy or inept) + blab (To reveal (secret matters) especially through indiscreet or unreserved talk)
Babblebot
Created by: EonaFrae
Pronunciation: bab-ul-bot
Sentence: The habitual babblebot, Trevor could overrule entire conversations with the sound of his own voice.
Etymology: Babble [To talk idly, irrationally, excessively, or foolishly] + Bot [a device that can perform routine tasks with minimal human intervention]
Intimattletale
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: in-ter-mat-ul-tayl
Sentence: must you intimattletale at every dinner party, it embarrasses the bejeezus out of me.
Etymology: intimate, tattle-tale
Dimwitter
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: dim-wit-uh
Sentence: Luckily, Lucy's friends now knew that she was an incorrigible dimwitter. Ever since Lucy had announced Beatrice's chlamydia to the neighbours, no-one shared their confidences with her.
Etymology: dimwit + witter (to chatter or babble pointlessly)
Comments:
chris - 2007-01-08: 13:54:00
good word
wordmeister - 2007-01-08: 22:50:00
Hey Chris, Which word did you like?