🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

폭로성 도서

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pokloseong doseo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tell-all/ˈtɛl.ɔl/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 스타의 폭로성 도서가 베스트셀러가 되었다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A book, article, or other publication that reveals private, confidential, or scandalous information about a well-known person or organization.

    "The former assistant published a juicy tell-all about her years working for the reclusive pop star."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Revealing intimate, secret, or incriminating details.

    "He gave a tell-all interview detailing the internal corruption within the corporation."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verbal phrase 'tell all', meaning to reveal everything without holding back secrets. The phrasal noun consolidated in mid-20th-century journalism and publishing to describe sensationalist autobiographies or exposés that disclose intimate or scandalous details about public figures.

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