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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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Idiombarres
Created by: likephilshead
Pronunciation: (idio-em-bear-ass)
Sentence:
Etymology:
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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Indiscreech
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: in dis skreetch
Sentence: When they met, she thought he was cute and charming. After they had gotten to know each other in the biblical sense, she found out later he had been indiscreech with his buddies playing golf. When they leered at her and made lurid comments, she knew she had to dump him quickly, as golfers don't get better with age or die gracefully. They just lose their balls or get a hole-in-one!
Etymology: Indiscreet (lacking discretion; injudicious;not marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint;not heedful of potential consequences)& Screech (a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry)
Secretell
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: see-kret-ell
Sentence: Flicka wanted to keep her birthmark in the shape of Bob Saget private knowledge, but after Roy did some drunken secretelling at the office party, that was impossible.
Etymology: secret + tell
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)
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
Ignoremp
Created by: chofu67
Pronunciation: ig nor emp
Sentence:
Etymology: ignorant + (without) empathy
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"
Comments:
chris - 2007-01-08: 13:54:00
good word
wordmeister - 2007-01-08: 22:50:00
Hey Chris, Which word did you like?