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DEFINITION: v. To share information without understanding the difference between what should be public, and what others consider to be private. n. A person who doesn't know what not to say.
Verboticisms
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Opensecrete
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)
Ignoremp
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: ig nor emp
Sentence:
Etymology: ignorant + (without) empathy
Leakspeak
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: leek-speek
Sentence: Vince would leakspeak details about Myrna's personal hang-ups especially in the company of her girlfriends.
Etymology: leak + speak
Indiscretin
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: in/dis/creh/tin
Sentence: He was such an indiscretin that his girlfriend considered having his tongue surgically removed - but she loved french kissing too much
Etymology: indiscretion + cretin
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COMMENTS:
Hey Jabberwocky, Just noticed this word today! Great one! - wordmeister, 2007-01-15: 10:04:00
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Dissclose
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: diss klose
Sentence: Henry did not realize that his dissclose of his wife's weight to everyone put him this close to spousecide!
Etymology: Diss (say bad, disrespectful things) & Disclose (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret)
Babblebot
Created by: EonaFrae
Pronunciation: bab-ul-bot
Sentence: The habitual babblebot, Trevor could overrule entire conversations with the sound of his own voice.
Etymology: Babble [To talk idly, irrationally, excessively, or foolishly] + Bot [a device that can perform routine tasks with minimal human intervention]
Jabberbarrass
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
Priverblic
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
Comments:
chris - 2007-01-08: 13:54:00
good word
wordmeister - 2007-01-08: 22:50:00
Hey Chris, Which word did you like?