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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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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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Broadcrast
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /'brod-"crast/
Sentence: Normally Jim got a kick out of it when his girlfriend broadcrast all their dirty little secrets to his friends, but this time, he wished she'd just kept her mouth shut.
Etymology: from broadcast + crass
Misclose
Created by: Osomatic
Pronunciation: miss-CLOSE
Sentence: She misclosed everything I told her about my sex life!
Etymology: It's like "disclose." Only with "mis" instead.
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
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.
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
Indisconfidiocy
Created by: Carole
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Her private life was broadcast to the world, through her boyfriends indisconfidiocy.
Etymology: indis/ indiscretion, confid/ confidential, idiocy/ stupipity
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...)
Idiombarres
Created by: likephilshead
Pronunciation: (idio-em-bear-ass)
Sentence:
Etymology:
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)
Comments:
chris - 2007-01-08: 13:54:00
good word
wordmeister - 2007-01-08: 22:50:00
Hey Chris, Which word did you like?