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DEFINITION: To share information without understanding the difference between what should be public, and what others consider to be private.
Verboticisms
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Scuttleslutting
Created by: HALibut
Pronunciation: skuht-l-sluht-ing
Sentence: Jane's mom was a complete scuttleslut, readily embarrassing her daughter in front of strangers with lengthy and vivid stories of adolescent bedwetting and clumsiness.
Etymology: > scuttlebutting + slut
Hushgushed
Created by: Kyoti
Pronunciation: HUSH-gusht
Sentence: Belinda tried to keep her liposuction procedure quiet, but after her brother hushgushed it to all his buddies at the sawmill, everyone in the tri-county area seemed to know all about it and winked knowingly when they saw her in town.
Etymology: Hush (as in "shut yer yap") + gushed (eagerly and excessively shared information)
Lenian
Created by: CheekyMonkey1973
Pronunciation: le-nee-an
Sentence: He knew that was a lenian before he told everyone Franny's weight.
Etymology: Anagram of she who just couldn't keep her mouth shut.
Shriekret
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: SHREEK-reht
Sentence: When an angry girlfriend let loose a barrage of shriekrets in the middle of the mall, Alex didn't know if he'd ever be able to sleep with his stuffed walrus again.
Etymology: shriek + secret
Blabamorus
Created by: TheBocaj
Pronunciation: BLAB-uh-MOHR-us
Sentence: Jill left Jack because he was such a Blabamorus, he told her ENTIRE FAMILY about their sex life--at her Grandfather's wake.
Etymology: Blabbermouth + Moron + Ignoramus + Platy[ma]pus
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
Indiscretonal
Created by: marnee4nothin
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Ian was indiscretonal enough to mention his boss' toupe at the party and lost his job on Monday.
Etymology:
Infauxpas
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: in-FO-pa
Sentence: When the young officer was appointed to a position in the "Freedom of Information" Department nobody realised that he was prividyslexic. He thought that freedom of information meant that the information in the database he updated was free to all to access. But his biggest "informational" false step or infauxpas came when he released the names and addresses of his country's secret service agents to an officer of a less than friendly, foriegn power.
Etymology: Based on, and a blending of, French, "faux pas" and the English, "information".
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COMMENTS:
prividyslexic is a great word to although it might imply that he was confused as to which washroom sign to follow - Jabberwocky, 2007-08-03: 06:02:00
I like it, but the word suggests that it is defining a mistake. Good merge though :) - frostycharlie69, 2007-08-03: 17:50:00
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Priverbalize
Created by: Gionuzzo
Pronunciation: prie VERB al ize
Sentence: Joe priverbalized to his freinds that his mother used special ointment on her toes.
Etymology: Private+verbalize
Gosslip
Created by: KristinA
Pronunciation: gahs-slip
Sentence: Instead of fighting her tendancies to gosslip, Meredith embraced them. She is now editor-in-chief at one of the biggest tabloid mags around.
Etymology: gossip + slip (slip of the toung, to let something slip, etc.)
