“Opening Up” as euphemism for Blabbing.
If I wanna get myself to pay for groceries, and go on Yahoo and get emails from people open up about disgraceful acts of people who had trusted the media to preserve their privacy, then I should watch the channels. I have not actually read the articles, but they always seem to be about gross behavior by parents or husbands, wives, or children.
The expression “opening up” has a positive connotation and does not seem to be the correct word for what such people are doing — divulging other people’s embarrassing secrets for money or perhaps pretending to do this by making stuff up.
What is the correct word for you? Angie finally _____ about” Brad. What slang words (like sells out, rats out) really come close? When I look online for alternatives, they seem somehow wrong. I went here and clicked the “as in admit” tab… but everything
seemed to have the wrong flavor, e.g. “stutters to the garbage”. Legalistic or psychological as it relates to socio-economical issues of a particular sector. Should fans expect to see “Angie reveals things about Brad” or “Angie discloses things about Brad”? “Spill” is a funny thought, short for “spilling the beans” I guess; it seems to belong a dialog in an “alone in the world” movie, like “dishing the dirt,” etc. “Angie
talks a lot about Brad,” but that’s not quite the end. What are some standard English words for “revealing other people’s secrets”?
What’s the difference between an average American and a average Indonesian?
Divulge / verb (used with object), divulged, revealed.
- To disclose or reveal (something private, secret or previously unknown).
Or
Expose / verb (used with object), exposed, exposing.
To present to view; exhibit; display:
to make known, disclose, or reveal (intentions, secrets, etc.).
To reveal or unmask (a crime, fraud, impostor, etc.):
To hold up to public reprehension or ridicule (fault, folly, a foolish act or person, etc.).
Angelina ‘Guts’ after hearing Brad’s lies.
Angelina is finally telling Brad the truth
about them.
Divulge / verb (used with object), divulged, revealed.
- To disclose or reveal (something private, secret or previously unknown).
Or
Expose / verb (used with object), exposed, exposing.
To present to view; exhibit; display:
to make known, disclose, or reveal (intentions, secrets, etc.).
To reveal or unmask (a crime, fraud, impostor, etc.):
To hold up to public reprehension or ridicule (fault, folly, a foolish act or person, etc.).
Angelina ‘Guts’ after hearing Brad’s lies.
Angelina is finally telling Brad the truth
about them.
“Tells all” is a euphemism often used for the situation described when someone shares information formerly held secret and most often information concerning multiple parties. Ojwaaaaia has some negative connotation yet not a heavy one. Often in our society it might be a sort of confession (similar to “coming clean”). It is not quite “ratting out” although “telling” on someone has some of that connotation we carry from grade school playground code of not sharing wrong doings outside of the peer group. There are so called “bales all” or “bare the family secrets”–other euphemisms similar to “opening up” but with a bit more flavor of
“showing Private” things normally not made for public consumption. The sex second “baring family secrets” definitely has a sense of betrayal of trust to it.
betrays their confidence or “betrays their privacy…” might be other ways of being completely negative although the first is most frequently used for indignant about things like negotiations.
Divulge / verb (used with object), divulged, revealed.
- To disclose or reveal (something private, secret or previously unknown).
Or
Expose / verb (used with object), exposed, exposing.
To present to view; exhibit; display:
to make known, disclose, or reveal (intentions, secrets, etc.).
To reveal or unmask (a crime, fraud, impostor, etc.):
To hold up to public reprehension or ridicule (fault, folly, a foolish act or person, etc.).
Angelina ‘Guts’ after hearing Brad’s lies.
Angelina is finally telling Brad the truth
about them.
“Tells all” is a euphemism often used for the situation described when someone shares information formerly held secret and most often information concerning multiple parties. Ojwaaaaia has some negative connotation yet not a heavy one. Often in our society it might be a sort of confession (similar to “coming clean”). It is not quite “ratting out” although “telling” on someone has some of that connotation we carry from grade school playground code of not sharing wrong doings outside of the peer group. There are so called “bales all” or “bare the family secrets”–other euphemisms similar to “opening up” but with a bit more flavor of
“showing Private” things normally not made for public consumption. The sex second “baring family secrets” definitely has a sense of betrayal of trust to it.
betrays their confidence or “betrays their privacy…” might be other ways of being completely negative although the first is most frequently used for indignant about things like negotiations.
Divulge / verb (used with object), divulged, revealed.
- To disclose or reveal (something private, secret or previously unknown).
Or
Expose / verb (used with object), exposed, exposing.
To present to view; exhibit; display:
to make known, disclose, or reveal (intentions, secrets, etc.).
To reveal or unmask (a crime, fraud, impostor, etc.):
To hold up to public reprehension or ridicule (fault, folly, a foolish act or person, etc.).
Angelina ‘Guts’ after hearing Brad’s lies.
Angelina is finally telling Brad the truth
about them.
“Tells all” is a euphemism often used for the situation described when someone shares information formerly held secret and most often information concerning multiple parties. Ojwaaaaia has some negative connotation yet not a heavy one. Often in our society it might be a sort of confession (similar to “coming clean”). It is not quite “ratting out” although “telling” on someone has some of that connotation we carry from grade school playground code of not sharing wrong doings outside of the peer group. There are so called “bales all” or “bare the family secrets”–other euphemisms similar to “opening up” but with a bit more flavor of
“showing Private” things normally not made for public consumption. The sex second “baring family secrets” definitely has a sense of betrayal of trust to it.
betrays their confidence or “betrays their privacy…” might be other ways of being completely negative although the first is most frequently used for indignant about things like negotiations.
Divulge / verb (used with object), divulged, revealed.
- To disclose or reveal (something private, secret or previously unknown).
Or
Expose / verb (used with object), exposed, exposing.
To present to view; exhibit; display:
to make known, disclose, or reveal (intentions, secrets, etc.).
To reveal or unmask (a crime, fraud, impostor, etc.):
To hold up to public reprehension or ridicule (fault, folly, a foolish act or person, etc.).
Angelina ‘Guts’ after hearing Brad’s lies.
Angelina is finally telling Brad the truth
about them.
Divulge / verb (used with object), divulged, revealed.
- To disclose or reveal (something private, secret or previously unknown).
Or
Expose / verb (used with object), exposed, exposing.
To present to view; exhibit; display:
to make known, disclose, or reveal (intentions, secrets, etc.).
To reveal or unmask (a crime, fraud, impostor, etc.):
To hold up to public reprehension or ridicule (fault, folly, a foolish act or person, etc.).
Angelina ‘Guts’ after hearing Brad’s lies.
Angelina is finally telling Brad the truth
about them.
Divulge / verb (used with object), divulged, revealed.
- To disclose or reveal (something private, secret or previously unknown).
Or
Expose / verb (used with object), exposed, exposing.
To present to view; exhibit; display:
to make known, disclose, or reveal (intentions, secrets, etc.).
To reveal or unmask (a crime, fraud, impostor, etc.):
To hold up to public reprehension or ridicule (fault, folly, a foolish act or person, etc.).
Angelina ‘Guts’ after hearing Brad’s lies.
Angelina is finally telling Brad the truth
about them.
