Tell-all

adj, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A publication, usually a book or magazine article, which tells all, revealing every detail, particularly information that is normally withheld.

    "At this point, we could all write a tell-all about our tabloid childhoods and contrive an autobiographical performance about the pleasures of humiliation."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Telling all; revealing everything, particularly details or information that are normally withheld. not-comparable

    "The statesman's tell-all memoirs were not published until long after death."

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"She penned a tell-all memoir of her affair with the president."

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