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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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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)
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.
Tattlecast
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
Laxerbiate
Created by: themeanreds
Pronunciation: Lax-er-be-8
Sentence: That laxerbiating moron over there just told me you smell like broccoli.
Etymology: Lax (loose), erb (verbose)
Broadcrasster
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: broad-crass-ter
Sentence: Jack was a professional broadcrasster. Not only did he give full reports about his lovelife, he gave too much information to his friends.
Etymology: Broadcaster: a radio or television personality who reports the news + crass: so crude and unrefined to be lacking in discrimination or sensibility
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COMMENTS:
Broadelicious word. - Nosila, 2009-08-12: 15:10:00
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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)
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
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)
Outlout
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)
Unscrupulgate
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: un-scru-pul-gate
Sentence: Phil's wife was constantly warning him not to unscrupulgate, as his boss had warned her that he might lose his job if he didn't learn to hold his tongue.
Etymology: From unscrupulous, (unprincipled) and promulgate, (to make public). Thus Phil was an unscrupulgator. Big teeth. To be avoided.
Comments:
chris - 2007-01-08: 13:54:00
good word
wordmeister - 2007-01-08: 22:50:00
Hey Chris, Which word did you like?