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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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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.)
Blogblurt
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: blog-blurt
Sentence: Checking out some of those MySpace pages I realise that there is an awful lot of blogblurting going on.
Etymology: blogging (sharing information via a web log in a very public way) + blurt (to sharing private information without meaning to)
Blutter
Created by: ChristopherAndersen
Pronunciation: BLUT ur
Sentence: Well, he bluttered to everyone that we had sex on it, so now no one will sit on the couch--we have to get a new one.
Etymology: blurt+utter (and blather)
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COMMENTS:
hehe! - purpleartichokes, 2007-08-03: 08:15:00
Funny sentence. :D - mplsbohemian, 2007-08-03: 09:47:00
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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
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.
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
Roundtalker
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He is an annoying roundtalker
Etymology:
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
