A fork of Rural Dictionary
An exclamation in response to one who has pinned the meter on exposing too much personal information, usually to a group of people not commonly interwoven with one's personal life and activities.
"Did you hear Fred relate his Friday night encounter at today's meeting? Definitely Oversharing!"
When more information is provided by subject that what is entirely necessary or even wanted.
Subject 1: I gotta do laundry. No clean underwear since Christmas. I've resorted to wearing them inside-out, backwards, and inside-out backwards. Subject 2: That, my friend, is an overshare.
Providing more personal information than is absolutely necessary. Typically done when two or more people are conversing and details of one's sexual life creep into the discussion - or overly gross and disgusting details are included. Sometimes used in reference to loud cell phone users.
"dude, you know how like when I eat eggs and it gives me this horrible gas? Well, like I really had to go and I couldn't sit down on the toilet seat because the last guy left some crap on the seat and so I didn't want to touch it so I hovered and it came out and hit the wall and..." Friend: "Dude, that's oversharing."
Oversharing is when you don't have the emotional stability required to rationalize and reassure yourself so you give the mental charge to do so to an acquaintance without his or her consent, resulting in trespassing her or his personal mental space. Oversharing is recurrent in individuals who suffer from anxiety disorder and other mental illnesses.
- I feel comfortable around you and it's pretty rare since last summer when I tried to kill myself - Dude, I barely know you why would you say that? You're oversharing right now.
when too much information is given about any one (usually personal) subject matter. see also tmi
person1) omg, i got the worst case of genital warts, they're all purple and gooey... person2) overshare person1) but no, you gotta hear about this...i don't know if i got them from my friend's dog... person2) overshare person1) ...or maybe i got them that night i was playing drinking games with my cousins... person2) OVERSHARE...