Thursday, June 11, 2026

Vocabulary and life lesson: Overshare

 
Headline:  New York Times, 6/6/2026

According to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of 'overshare' as in to share or reveal too much, occurred in 1982,

  1. baby fever
  2. backstory
  3. bright-line
  4. in-your-face
  5. mind frame

Other vocabulary posts:
2026
Manosphere.  (4/2)
Oomph.  (4/2)
Retarded.  (3/31)
Noob.  (3/31)
Shoegaze.  (2/5)
Gonzo.  (1/22)

2025
Hypergamy.  (7/31)
Situationship.  (7/30)
Lollygag.  (5/22)
Bummer.  (5/20)
TV dinner.  (2/3)

March-December 2024
Deepfake.  (9/1)
Life coach.  (6/30)
Face-plant.  (6/8)
Veggie.  (4/26)  
Dox/doxxing  (4/11)
Edgelord.  (3/23)
Dad joke. 3/4)

February 2024
Edutainment.  (2/16)
Cut, as an adjective.  (2/13).  .
Flunky.  (2/5)
Janky.  (2/2)
Kiddo.  (2/2)

January 2024
Bonkers.  (1/31)
Heebie-jeebies.  (1/31)
Nudification.  (1/31)
Right-size.  (1/14)

2022
Dumpster fire.  (10/20/2022)

2018
Swinge.  (12/18/2018)

2017

2013
Yaw.  (2/28/2013)
 

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