Verboticisms

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: O-pen-se-CREET

Sentence: His opensecretism was his downfall, causing his friends to stop confiding in him.

Etymology: open secret (something generally known) + secrete (discharge, emanate, give off)

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Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: see-kret-ell

Sentence: Flicka wanted to keep her birthmark in the shape of Bob Saget private knowledge, but after Roy did some drunken secretelling at the office party, that was impossible.

Etymology: secret + tell

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Created by: Guthlaf1

Pronunciation: TAT-el-KARST

Sentence: She could never see the problem with tattlecasting her husband's sexual habits.

Etymology: Tattle - related to 'tittle-tattle', being (petty) gossip Cast - from "broadcast", in this case being to relate information to anyone and everyone

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Created by: Hjason

Pronunciation: pri-verb-lic

Sentence: I can't believe how priverblic you were at the party when you told those guys about my love of belly button lint.

Etymology: private-verbal-public

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Created by: Acostell

Pronunciation: Gab-er-Jack

Sentence: Alex was being a real GabberJack last night when he told everyone I wet the bed.

Etymology: Gab+Jack

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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

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Created by: Stump

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: outlout

Sentence: With the popularity of reality shows where everybody seem bent on "outing" everybody else with whatever indiscretions they can dig up, Mark has become an outlout. Cindy is hesitant to dump him because then she would have no control over what he is willing to blab about her.

Etymology: out loud (aloud; audibly) + lout (an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: grin dis kreet

Sentence: Ralph had no class. How his poor wife Rhonda put up with him so long, no one knew. Ralph could not only not keep a secret, he felt the need to laugh about everything private in their lives. He chortled over their finances to friends; jested about his wife's cooking, her weight, her mother,and he guffawed over their sex life. He was grindiscreet. One day Rhonda blew a gasket, choked him with the dog's leash and ran off with Vinny, the pool boy because Vinny was vindiscreet.

Etymology: Grin (a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows amusement) & Indiscreet (lacking discretion; injudicious;good judgment or sense;revealing too much information)

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Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: SPAZ-blab

Sentence: After 2 drinks Bob was busy spazblabbing about our new takeover strategy to everyone.

Etymology: spaz (To be clumsy or inept) + blab (To reveal (secret matters) especially through indiscreet or unreserved talk)

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