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noun

• the revealing of information that is overly intimate.

  The detailed description of her childbirth was a definite overshare.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  
  Citation from "Lady Gaga's Topless Birthday Treat", E! Online, Lia Haberman, Mar 30 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Apr 07 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 03 2010.

verb

• to reveal information that is overly intimate.

  Alcohol tends to make me overshare.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
  
  Citation from "Madman, Perhaps; Survivor, Definitely", The New York Times, Manohola Dargis, April 7 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Apr 07 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 03 2010.

noun

• a spectacular failure.

                                                
  
  Citation from article title, Time.com, Claire Suddath, Mar 24, 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  
                                                                                                     
  
  Citation from "The Unusual Suspects", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode 10 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Feb 22 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 24 2010.

noun

• internal ingredients.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
  
  Citation from "McDonald's Has a Chef?", Time, John Cloud and Oak Brook, Feb 22 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Feb 20 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 20 2010.

noun

• a person who is not on the Autistic spectrum. Used disparagingly by those on the Autistic spectrum.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
  
  Citation from "Life Among the 'Yakkity Yaks'", The Wall Street Journal, Bari Weiss, February 19 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Possibly coined in the cited article.

  Last edited on Jun 30 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 20 2010.

noun

• acronym for "Older Wiser Learner". A euphemism for an older person enrolled in college courses. (Often also called "returning student".)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
  
  Citation from "James Kates: A Lifelong Hobby Becomes A College Degree", Ambler Campus of Temple University - Admissions censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

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  Last edited on Mar 24 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 24 2010.

noun

• the geriatric ward. Used by doctors in the UK.

  Citation: "Doctor slang is a dying art", BBC News, 18 August 2003

  • See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).

  Last edited on Aug 06 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 23 2010.