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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.
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Squealerwheeler
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: sqweeler/wheeler
Sentence: Known in polite circles as a "squealerwheeler", the capricious Carpet Knight couldn't wait to reveal his most egregious escapades over a gin and tonic.
Etymology: squealer: one who reveals things best left in the boudoir or the boardroom + wheeler: a mover and shaker
Spazblab
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)
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)
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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Splutterance
Created by: Maureen
Pronunciation: splutter - ance
Sentence: Don't tell Jamie anything you want kept secret. He has a bad case of splutterance.
Etymology: splutter - to blurt something out without thinking. ance- suffix denoting action.
Oversharing
Created by: allwise
Pronunciation: oh-ver-shae-ring
Sentence: Evan messed up most of his date's by oversharing his non-existent sexlife.
Etymology: oval - circle with two centers. shearing - to remove wool from a sheep. (Or maybe it's a more logical composition...)
Speakcret
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: speek - kret
Sentence: Do you want to know a speakcret? Oops, its not a secret any more since I spoke it. Don't worry, your secret is safe with me....hahaha.
Etymology: speak, secret
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)
Comments:
chris - 2007-01-08: 13:54:00
good word
wordmeister - 2007-01-08: 22:50:00
Hey Chris, Which word did you like?