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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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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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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.
Prattletwit
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: prat-ill-twit
Sentence: She had enough of his constant prattletwitting, the road goes both ways...she could hardly wait to tell his parents about the time he wore his mother's bra out in public.
Etymology: prattle (gossip) + twit (moron)
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
Yamble
Created by: Rossco
Pronunciation: Yam-bull
Sentence: My girlfriend's parents are a couple of yamblers, for sure.
Etymology: Yammer + Ramble
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
Privalic
Created by: Dustinisdean2007
Pronunciation: Priv-uh-lick.
Sentence: That guy over there is a total privalic. He told us how much his wife weighted and how much money she made in a month!
Etymology: "Priv" comes from "Private", "Lic" comes from "Public".
Blogblurt
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: blog-blurt
Sentence: Checking out some of those MySpace pages I realise that there is an awful lot of blogblurting going on.
Etymology: blogging (sharing information via a web log in a very public way) + blurt (to sharing private information without meaning to)
Gabbarrass
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: gab/barr/rass
Sentence: Alcohol was blamed for his loose lips when he gabbarrassed his girl friend at the bar in front of all their friends.
Etymology: gab + embarrass
Roundtalker
Created by: StigAllan
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He is an annoying roundtalker
Etymology:
