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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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Blabbergabble
Created by: goldenspeechy
Pronunciation: bla-bba-gabb-el
Sentence: Elaine waved goodbye to her friend Jane, then promptly pounced on the phone and blabbergabbled the details of Jane's vegetable fetish to the rest of their circle of friends.
Etymology: 'blabber'mouth + gabble. And it almost rhymes! Marvellous.
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COMMENTS:
It does kind of ryhyme! Good! - wordmeister, 2007-01-08: 22:49:00
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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]
Wordillious
Created by: erasmus
Pronunciation: word illy ous
Sentence: Gavin was so wordillious he needed his jaws wired shut.
Etymology: from word and billious as if throwing up words without a care.
Tumbletongue
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: tumble-tung
Sentence: Rupert's propensity to tumbletongue made him the first guy to be invited into the hitherto all-girl office gossip group
Etymology: tumble (to spill out uncontrollably) + tongue (to give voice to)
Unfilteredmind
Created by: bondfool
Pronunciation: uhn-fill-turd-mine-d
Sentence: That jerk just used ruined his girlfriend's life with his unfilteredmind.
Etymology:
Jabbertalkie
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: jabərtôkē
Sentence: Like a movie you just can*t stop, Blurt will talk about whatever pops into his indiscreet little brain. With his brand of jabbertalkie there is no edit, no mute button on this public address system. Tell him a secret and people in the Australian outback will know about it within minutes.
Etymology: jabber: fast, excited talk that makes little sense + talkie (a movie with a soundtrack, as distinct from a silent film) A play off of Jabberwocky
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)
Tacitless
Created by: sweetclarity
Pronunciation: t-ah-sit-less.
Sentence: That's tacitless!
Etymology:
Privyblurt
Created by: tangledupinblue
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She privyblurted what she really thought of him to the entire room...the party broke up after that.
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Comments:
chris - 2007-01-08: 13:54:00
good word
wordmeister - 2007-01-08: 22:50:00
Hey Chris, Which word did you like?