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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)
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
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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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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Dimwitter
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: dim-wit-uh
Sentence: Luckily, Lucy's friends now knew that she was an incorrigible dimwitter. Ever since Lucy had announced Beatrice's chlamydia to the neighbours, no-one shared their confidences with her.
Etymology: dimwit + witter (to chatter or babble pointlessly)
Furyloquendi
Created by: dstorm78
Pronunciation: Furee-low-kwen-dee
Sentence: He has the gift of furyloquendi, and can never shut up.
Etymology: From the latin/greek "furor loquendi" meaning the 'gift of gab' mixed in with a little fury, which would likely follow those with this problem.
Censorchip
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: sensərchip
Sentence: Candy believes in freedom of speech however with her boyfriend Charles, censorchip is required. She would love to have a censorchip planted deep in his brain to keep him from blurting out things she told him in private.
Etymology: censor (scrutinize, revise, or cut unacceptable parts from a book, movie, etc.) + chip (a tiny wafer of semiconducting material used to make an integrated circuit)
Privyblurt
Created by: tangledupinblue
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She privyblurted what she really thought of him to the entire room...the party broke up after that.
Etymology:
Comments:
chris - 2007-01-08: 13:54:00
good word
wordmeister - 2007-01-08: 22:50:00
Hey Chris, Which word did you like?