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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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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.
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)
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
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
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
Prattletwit
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: prat-ill-twit
Sentence: She had enough of his constant prattletwitting, the road goes both ways...she could hardly wait to tell his parents about the time he wore his mother's bra out in public.
Etymology: prattle (gossip) + twit (moron)
Roundtalker
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He is an annoying roundtalker
Etymology:
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
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.
Gosslip
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: gahs-slip
Sentence: Instead of fighting her tendancies to gosslip, Meredith embraced them. She is now editor-in-chief at one of the biggest tabloid mags around.
Etymology: gossip + slip (slip of the toung, to let something slip, etc.)