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oversharent

oversharent verb: to overdocument one's child's upbringing on social media; to sharent excessively.

Verb

oversharent (third-person singular simple present oversharents, present participle oversharenting, simple past and past participle oversharented)

  1. (neologism) To overdocument one's child's upbringing on social media; to sharent excessively.
    • If you post pictures of your kids online every day, you might be oversharenting.
    • Readers, do you find yourself "oversharenting"? What limits do you set on your children's lives online.2012 May 16, “Oversharenting: Parents Juggle Their Kids’ Lives Online”, in The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2023

Examples of oversharent in a sentence

  • Whether you parent, rear your children, or (horror of horrors) oversharent, you are probably doing just fine.2015 May 10, Britt Peterson, “The effects of 'parenting' on child-rearing”, in The Boston Globe, Boston, M.A.: Boston Globe Media Partners...
  • Are you guilty of what's been called "oversharenting"?2023 March 15, Amy Bell, “'Oversharenting': Are you giving away too much about your kids online?”, in CBC News, archived from the original...

Forms of oversharent

third-person singular presentoversharents
present participleoversharenting
past participleoversharented
pastoversharented

Origin of oversharent

Blend of overshare + parent. Equivalent to over- + sharent.

Questions about oversharent

What does oversharent mean?
Oversharent means to overdocument one's child's upbringing on social media; to sharent excessively.
How do you use oversharent in a sentence?
Whether you parent, rear your children, or (horror of horrors) oversharent, you are probably doing just fine.
What part of speech is oversharent?
Oversharent is a verb.
What is the past tense of oversharent?
The past tense of oversharent is oversharented.

Words near oversharent in the dictionary

  1. overshaped
  2. overshapes
  3. overshaping
  4. overshare
  5. overshared
  6. oversharent
  7. oversharented
  8. oversharenting
  9. oversharents
  10. oversharer
  11. oversharers

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