tell-all

noun

: a written account (such as a biography) that contains revealing and often scandalous information
tell-all adjective

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This news broke just hours after Kross gave a tell-all interview to Ariel Helwani. Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025 After an album announcement (hers) and a tell-all GQ cover story (his), Swift appeared as a guest on Kelce and his brother Jason's podcast, New Heights. Sam Reed, Glamour, 13 Aug. 2025 Now Netflix has revealed the first trailer (below) for a tell-all documentary about the actor’s collapse featuring interviews with Sheen and many of his family and friends. James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025 But the opening of Episode 9 is just as energized, in its way, following Ward McAllister’s (Nathan Lane) society tell-all as the book passes from house to house. Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tell-all

Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tell-all was in 1940

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“Tell-all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tell-all. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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