Any word smiths out there???

confidedpast participle, past tense of con·fide (Verb)

Verb:

Tell someone about a secret or private matter while trusting them not to repeat it to others. Trust (someone) enough to tell them of such a secret or private matter.

Okay Wordsmithies - now that we all agree with Merriam-Webster on the meaning of the word 'confided'.... as in sharing a secret......a private matter...

Woman says her fake penis got her fired

January 13, 2012|BY DANA DiFILIPPO, difilid@phillynews.com

IS THAT a Fruit-A-Freeze in your pocket - or are you just happy to see me?

A northeastern Pennsylvania woman is suing a South Jersey-based maker of frozen treats and other snack foods, claiming that she was wrongfully fired because she wore a prosthetic penis to work.

Pauline D...., 45, wore the device to the J&J Snack Foods plant in Moosic, Lackawanna County, while she contemplated a gender change, according to a federal civil-rights complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Scranton. She confided in several co-workers about the device, and someone told management, according to the complaint.

I admit I added the emphasis on 'she confided in several co-workers'.... but that's just to make my point..... forget the frivolous lawsuit.... my question is if you share a secret with several co-workers, isn't it reasonable to say that the secret is no longer a secret? And that confidentiallity is no longer descriptive....

So we have this lesbian 'male wannabe' running around the snack food factory with a fake penis strapped on and running up to all her co-workers and bragging about it. Can't you imagine the remarks she was making..... and apparently they were gross enough to cause a co-worker to report it to her manager.....

The sad part of this story is that probably she will be reinstated with back wages and the manager canned for firing her (it). Whatta country!!