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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.
Verboticisms
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Speakcret
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: speek - kret
Sentence: Do you want to know a speakcret? Oops, its not a secret any more since I spoke it. Don't worry, your secret is safe with me....hahaha.
Etymology: speak, secret
Oversharing
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: oh-ver-shae-ring
Sentence: Evan messed up most of his date's by oversharing his non-existent sexlife.
Etymology: oval - circle with two centers. shearing - to remove wool from a sheep. (Or maybe it's a more logical composition...)
Tacitless
Created by: sweetclarity
Pronunciation: t-ah-sit-less.
Sentence: That's tacitless!
Etymology:
Nonconformidentiality
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: phonetic
Sentence: His nonconformidentiality guard having been weakened, he blurted out the truth behind his relationship with her mother
Etymology: Nonconform = to do the unwanted confidentiality is broken by the non conforming
Unscrupulgate
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: un-scru-pul-gate
Sentence: Phil's wife was constantly warning him not to unscrupulgate, as his boss had warned her that he might lose his job if he didn't learn to hold his tongue.
Etymology: From unscrupulous, (unprincipled) and promulgate, (to make public). Thus Phil was an unscrupulgator. Big teeth. To be avoided.
Blurticaria
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: BLURT-ih-car-ee-ah
Sentence: Jim's wife endured his blurticaria until he told her mother exactly how they broke the heirloom dining room table.
Etymology: blurt + urticaria (i.e., hives)
Tattlecast
Created by: Guthlaf1
Pronunciation: TAT-el-KARST
Sentence: She could never see the problem with tattlecasting her husband's sexual habits.
Etymology: Tattle - related to 'tittle-tattle', being (petty) gossip Cast - from "broadcast", in this case being to relate information to anyone and everyone
Squealerwheeler
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: sqweeler/wheeler
Sentence: Known in polite circles as a "squealerwheeler", the capricious Carpet Knight couldn't wait to reveal his most egregious escapades over a gin and tonic.
Etymology: squealer: one who reveals things best left in the boudoir or the boardroom + wheeler: a mover and shaker
Myspaceism
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: my-space-ism
Sentence: Tina suffered from myspaceism in that she was not wise in the information that she should keep private.
Etymology: myspaceism comes from the fact that so many people don't seem to get that some things should not be shared on myspace.com
Comments:
chris - 2007-01-08: 13:54:00
good word
wordmeister - 2007-01-08: 22:50:00
Hey Chris, Which word did you like?