Clatterfart (n)
klatt-uh-fah-rt
Someone “which wyl disclose anye light secreate”.
From Tudor English and described as above in a 1552 dictionary, essentially a gossip, one who cannot keep a secret.
Example sentences
“Oh no, don’t tell her, she’s such a clatterfart!”
“I really shouldn’t tell you this but… Oh what the Hell I’m a complete clatterfart, I can’t keep it to myself.”
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(y) Clattefart – absolutely love it, I’m intending to use this as often as possible. Definitely a word that should be bought back into common usage.
Thanks for finding it and sharing 🙂