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DEFINITION: To share information without understanding the difference between what should be public, and what others consider to be private.
Verboticisms
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Gabbarrass
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: gab/barr/rass
Sentence: Alcohol was blamed for his loose lips when he gabbarrassed his girl friend at the bar in front of all their friends.
Etymology: gab + embarrass
Priverbalize
Created by: Gionuzzo
Pronunciation: prie VERB al ize
Sentence: Joe priverbalized to his freinds that his mother used special ointment on her toes.
Etymology: Private+verbalize
Infauxpas
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: in-FO-pa
Sentence: When the young officer was appointed to a position in the "Freedom of Information" Department nobody realised that he was prividyslexic. He thought that freedom of information meant that the information in the database he updated was free to all to access. But his biggest "informational" false step or infauxpas came when he released the names and addresses of his country's secret service agents to an officer of a less than friendly, foriegn power.
Etymology: Based on, and a blending of, French, "faux pas" and the English, "information".
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COMMENTS:
prividyslexic is a great word to although it might imply that he was confused as to which washroom sign to follow - Jabberwocky, 2007-08-03: 06:02:00
I like it, but the word suggests that it is defining a mistake. Good merge though :) - frostycharlie69, 2007-08-03: 17:50:00
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Blabberdaft
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: bla-bur-daft
Sentence: Had she known she was dating the company blabberdaft, she never would have told him about her third nipple.
Etymology: blabber mouth, daft, flabbergast
Hushgushed
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: HUSH-gusht
Sentence: Belinda tried to keep her liposuction procedure quiet, but after her brother hushgushed it to all his buddies at the sawmill, everyone in the tri-county area seemed to know all about it and winked knowingly when they saw her in town.
Etymology: Hush (as in "shut yer yap") + gushed (eagerly and excessively shared information)
Yamble
Created by: Rossco
Pronunciation: Yam-bull
Sentence: My girlfriend's parents are a couple of yamblers, for sure.
Etymology: Yammer + Ramble
Privalic
Created by: Dustinisdean2007
Pronunciation: Priv-uh-lick.
Sentence: That guy over there is a total privalic. He told us how much his wife weighted and how much money she made in a month!
Etymology: "Priv" comes from "Private", "Lic" comes from "Public".
Lenian
Created by: CheekyMonkey1973
Pronunciation: le-nee-an
Sentence: He knew that was a lenian before he told everyone Franny's weight.
Etymology: Anagram of she who just couldn't keep her mouth shut.
Troplangue
Created by: MikeV
Pronunciation: Tro-long
Sentence: Ugh! My husband is such a troplangue!
Etymology: From the French 'trop' and 'langue', meaning too much, and tongue.
Geesenotinpublic
Created by: dancer002013
Pronunciation: geese-not-in-public
Sentence: He said my mom weighs 300 pounds and the mom said you know nothing about geesenotinpublic.
Etymology: swiss
