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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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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)
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
Yamble
Created by: Rossco
Pronunciation: Yam-bull
Sentence: My girlfriend's parents are a couple of yamblers, for sure.
Etymology: Yammer + Ramble
Scuttleslutting
Created by: HALibut
Pronunciation: skuht-l-sluht-ing
Sentence: Jane's mom was a complete scuttleslut, readily embarrassing her daughter in front of strangers with lengthy and vivid stories of adolescent bedwetting and clumsiness.
Etymology: > scuttlebutting + slut
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.
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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Blabsprech
Created by: frostycharlie69
Pronunciation: blab-shprek
Sentence: Arthur did not need to blabsprech the gory details of his mysterious rash, but he did anyway.
Etymology: "Blabbermouth" - Someone who does not know when to shut up. "Sprechen" - German for speak.
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.
Indiscretonal
Created by: marnee4nothin
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Ian was indiscretonal enough to mention his boss' toupe at the party and lost his job on Monday.
Etymology:
Shriekret
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: SHREEK-reht
Sentence: When an angry girlfriend let loose a barrage of shriekrets in the middle of the mall, Alex didn't know if he'd ever be able to sleep with his stuffed walrus again.
Etymology: shriek + secret
