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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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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.
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)
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.
Confidentyell
Created by: IanArcher
Pronunciation: as "confidential"
Sentence: When I showed up, Tim was confidentyelling about Clarice's performance in the bedroom.
Etymology: from "confidential" and "yell"
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...)
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
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)
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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Dissclose
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: diss klose
Sentence: Henry did not realize that his dissclose of his wife's weight to everyone put him this close to spousecide!
Etymology: Diss (say bad, disrespectful things) & Disclose (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret)
Comments:
chris - 2007-01-08: 13:54:00
good word
wordmeister - 2007-01-08: 22:50:00
Hey Chris, Which word did you like?