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DEFINITION: v. To share a true but extremely embarrassing story about a close personal friend at the worst possible time. n. A moment of ill-timed honesty.
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Trooble
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: troo-ble
Sentence: As a parish priest, and the ear of the confessional, reverend Tom was privy to everyone's dirty laundry. Unfortunately after a glass of wine or two, he would start to trooble, which wasn't so bad until he starting troobling on the church's new blog... And so now everyone's troobles, were googled.
Etymology: true + trouble
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COMMENTS:
In olden days he would have been known as a troobladour. - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-04: 15:00:00
The sacramental wine turned out to be sacrificial. - Mustang, 2008-06-04: 21:55:00
Good word, wm...it reminded me of that episode on Star Trek, The Trooble with Tribbles! - Nosila, 2008-06-04: 23:00:00
fantastic! - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-05: 23:51:00
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Confidunce
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: kon - fe - duns
Sentence: Lisa took the podium at Margie's retirement party and proved to be a confidunce. In her speech, she regaled the attendees with Margie's true opinions of the people she had worked with, how she really hated the company and how many things she had stolen from inventory over the years. Because she told her stories in a "comical" way, she was ignorant of the fact that she had humiliated Margie.
Etymology: confidence(a secret that is confided or entrusted to another), dunce (a stupid person)
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COMMENTS:
Good thing Margie was retiring anyway... - Nosila, 2009-07-23: 01:38:00
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Anabarrass
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: an/uh/bar/uhs
Sentence: Give Jenny a wedding, a microphone and three drinks and can anabarrass anyone she knows in the room, especially the bride.
Etymology: ANABARRASS - verb - from ANA (a collection of miscellaneous information about a particular person) + EMBARRASS (to make uncomfortably self-conscious)
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COMMENTS:
I like it. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-04: 18:22:00
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Tattlesnake
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: tat-tel-snake
Sentence: The maid of honor turned into a tattlesnake the minute she got a microphone in her hand and completely mortified the bride and everyone else at the wedding.
Etymology: tattle: to reveal through gossip + snake: describes a back-stabber or treacherous person
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COMMENTS:
clever - mweinmann, 2009-07-22: 19:53:00
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Truthicide
Created by: green
Pronunciation: truth i side
Sentence: The Maid of Honor stood in front of the 250 guests who were gathered to celebrate the nuptials of her best friend, when she suddenly plunged into a truthicide that left everyone wincing and the bride looking at her with daggers.
Etymology: truth suicide
Rickledicule
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: rickel/di/cule
Sentence: Everyone cringed when they saw Don approach the mike at the wedding because they knew he was about to rickledicule the groom.
Etymology: ridicule + Don Rickles (comedian famous for embarassing roasts)
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COMMENTS:
Ricklediculously good word! - Nosila, 2009-07-23: 01:37:00
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Anabarrass
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: an/uh/bar/uhs
Sentence: Give Jenny a wedding, a microphone and three drinks and she can anabarrass anyone she knows in the room, especially the bride.
Etymology: ANABARRASS - verb - from ANA (a collection of miscellaneous information about a particular person) + EMBARRASS (to make uncomfortably self-conscious)
Humiliout
Created by: skeeterzirra
Pronunciation: hyue mill ee owt
Sentence: Chastity concluded her roast by humiliouting Hillary's torrid affairs.
Etymology: humiliation and outing
Bantersnitch
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: BAN - ter - snich
Sentence: In her mindless and sometimes treacherous manner, Billie Jo once again found a most inopportune time to bantersnitch very revealing personal and private secrets about her best friend, Constance.
Etymology: Blend of banter and snitch. Also a play on 'bandersnatch': a person of uncouth or unconventional habits, attitudes, etc., esp. one considered a menace, nuisance, or the like.
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COMMENTS:
nice blend - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-04: 14:51:00
Good word. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-04: 18:23:00
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Tattlesnake
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: tat tel snayk
Sentence: At Betsy's wedding, Monica was a real tattlesnake, when after 6 or 7 gins, her speech was about the bride's past conquests.
Etymology: Tattle (gossip;divulge confidential information or secrets) & WordPlay on Rattlesnake (sidewinder;desert snake which sneaks up on you and then rattles it's tail before striking)
Comments:
Today's definition is inspired by Miranda's moment of honesty during the Wedding Rehearsal scene in the Sex in the City ~ James
scrabbelicious - 2012-01-06: 01:44:00
Nice. The bride's annals inndeed.