overshare

verb

over·​share ˌō-vər-ˈsher 

overshared; oversharing; overshares

transitive + intransitive

: to share or reveal too much information

Shakarian cautions students to not overshare information online, to create complex passwords and to only use secure networks.

—Emily Giordano

The sharing and discussion of emotion has always been heavily gendered and women who "overshare" details of their private lives have historically been maligned.

—Rachel Sykes

… [Rihanna] doesn't overshare her life on social media—despite having 60 million and 86 million followers on Instagram and Twitter respectively—and you never know who she's dating, despite who you see her with.

—Joshua Eferighe

In an exclusive Parents survey of more than 2,000 respondents, 79 percent said other parents overshare on social media – yet only 32 percent of us think we overshare ourselves … Of course, what's TMI in one parent's eyes may be just fine in another's.

—Mackenzie Dawson

It used to be rare for C.I.A. employees to recount their exploits, or grievances, in print. Now, they're oversharing as eagerly as the cast of "Jersey Shore."

—Alex Berenson

oversharer noun

plural oversharers

In this age of social media, it's kind of hard not to be an oversharer.

—Carina Hsieh

Fortunately, librarians are the original oversharers, and they've produced a body of literature—from blog posts to articles to books—to help you with your decision.

—Brian Kenney

Examples of overshare in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Meanwhile, 42 percent hated their overreliance on artificial intelligence, and 49 percent were critical of the younger age group’s oversharing on social media. —Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025

And double-checking your photos before posting prevents oversharing. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025

The 12-track collection of breezy pop songs and narrative ballads features Swift sharing - sometimes oversharing - about her life and feelings. —Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025

But his mother constantly overshares, has no privacy filters on her accounts and ignores our requests to avoid posting our children’s names or our birthdays. —Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for overshare

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