Overshares

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To disclose an excessive amount of personal or private information often beyond what is appropriate in a social or professional context
2. The act of revealing too many intimate or confidential details which may cause discomfort or unintended consequences in communication
3. Communicating or expressing more information about oneself than is socially acceptable, resulting in oversharing that can affect relationships or impressions

Etymology: "Overshares" is the third-person singular present form of the verb "overshare," which is built from "over-" and "share." The verb itself is a plain compound: "share" comes down through Middle English from Old English "sċearu," meaning a cutting or division, and it is related to the word "shear." The prefix "over-" traces back to Old English "ofer," meaning above or beyond, which gives the sense of sharing more than is appropriate. The "share" half of the word once meant a portion cut off from a whole, as in a share of a meal or an inheritance, long before it came to mean telling others about oneself. Adding "over-" to it creates a verb for handing out too much of a portion, and in modern use that portion is one's own private life. The word is a straightforward combination of two long-established English parts, with the surprise lying in how a word about cutting became a word about confessing.

Synonyms: discloses excessively, reveals too much, betrays, divulges, exposes

Antonyms: conceals, withholds, hides, suppresses, guards