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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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Flappymouth
Created by: GreatRandew
Pronunciation: Fla-pi-mouth
Sentence: He had a bad case of flappymouth so nobody told him anything.
Etymology:
Jabberbarrass
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: jab/ber/barr/rass
Sentence: Alcohol was blamed when he jabberbarrassed his girl friend at the bar in front of all their friends.
Etymology: jabber + embarrass
Privishar
Created by: Logiedan
Pronunciation: Priv - ish - are
Sentence: That loudmouth is a real privishar, he tells everyone my secrets!
Etymology: Private + Share
Tumbletongue
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: tumble-tung
Sentence: Rupert's propensity to tumbletongue made him the first guy to be invited into the hitherto all-girl office gossip group
Etymology: tumble (to spill out uncontrollably) + tongue (to give voice to)
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...)
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.
Jabbertalkie
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: jabərtôkē
Sentence: Like a movie you just can*t stop, Blurt will talk about whatever pops into his indiscreet little brain. With his brand of jabbertalkie there is no edit, no mute button on this public address system. Tell him a secret and people in the Australian outback will know about it within minutes.
Etymology: jabber: fast, excited talk that makes little sense + talkie (a movie with a soundtrack, as distinct from a silent film) A play off of Jabberwocky
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
Indiscreech
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: in dis skreetch
Sentence: When they met, she thought he was cute and charming. After they had gotten to know each other in the biblical sense, she found out later he had been indiscreech with his buddies playing golf. When they leered at her and made lurid comments, she knew she had to dump him quickly, as golfers don't get better with age or die gracefully. They just lose their balls or get a hole-in-one!
Etymology: Indiscreet (lacking discretion; injudicious;not marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint;not heedful of potential consequences)& Screech (a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry)
Comments:
chris - 2007-01-08: 13:54:00
good word
wordmeister - 2007-01-08: 22:50:00
Hey Chris, Which word did you like?