overshare
Americanverb (used with or without object)
noun
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"With my friends, I tend to either overshare and regret it, or isolate myself from them and regret it."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
But I did overshare here recently about my Atomic Fireball habit, and while they’re usually individually wrapped, I found a packet with two the other day, so I doubled up.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Generally, it’s a smart idea not to overshare finances, social engagements, vacation plans, and so on.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026
Oftentimes, when we cringe after an overshare, the other person is grateful to have been trusted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
I think that might have been an overshare.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
He didn't say it in a jokey, "Whoops, I overshared today" way.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2023
“The social worker over-identified with my daughter and overshared his personal experiences with her,” Ms. Lavigne said.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
When both went viral last year, Calloway was transformed from an aspiring memoirist who overshared on Instagram to a one-woman soap opera the entire internet loved to hate-watch.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 28, 2020
She hugged and overshared, they both cheated, and the fairy-tale marriage was followed by a nightmare divorce and the gradual disintegration of the welfare state, state funding for education, and the fantasy of social mobility.
From Slate ● May 19, 2018
Ms. Schumer said her mother had no boundaries and her father overshared, treating her like a college pal.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2013
The line between giving just enough personal information for a better prompt, and dangerous oversharing, can be thin when you’re interacting with a chatbot.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Autonomous AI agents can simply be misconfigured, creating vulnerabilities by overexposing and oversharing sensitive data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
"I think the thing about me in the oversharing is that the sharing always feels like so much more important than any privacy," she said.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026
This case might serve valuable public interests by discouraging this kind of lurid oversharing and by beginning to push back a bit on the idea that there’s nowhere to hide.
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026
Certainly this story hits pop culture where it lives — no matter what anyone says, we remain obsessed with royals, and in these days of oversharing, who isn’t interested in a medical mystery?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
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