gossip
noun
[ ˈɡɒsɪp ]
• casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true.
• "he became the subject of much local gossip"
Similar:
tittle-tattle,
tattle,
rumour (s),
whispers,
stories,
tales,
canards,
titbits,
idle talk,
scandal,
hearsay,
malicious gossip,
whispering campaign,
smear campaign,
bavardage,
on dit,
Kaffeeklatsch,
labrish,
shu-shu,
dirt,
buzz,
mud-slinging,
goss,
scuttlebutt,
tea,
skinder,
bruit,
Opposite:
facts,
the truth,
gossip
verb
• engage in gossip.
• "they would start gossiping about her as soon as she left"
Similar:
spread rumours,
spread gossip,
circulate rumours,
spread stories,
tittle-tattle,
tattle,
talk,
whisper,
tell tales,
muckrake,
dish the dirt,
spill the tea,
skinder,
bruit something abroad/about,
chat,
converse,
speak to each other,
discuss things,
have a talk,
have a chat,
have a tête-à-tête,
have a conversation,
engage in conversation,
gas,
have a confab,
chew the fat/rag,
jaw,
rap,
yak,
yap,
natter,
have a chinwag,
chinwag,
shoot the breeze,
visit,
mag,
confabulate,
Origin:
late Old English godsibb, ‘godfather, godmother, baptismal sponsor’, literally ‘a person related to one in God’, from god ‘God’ + sibb ‘a relative’ (see sib). In Middle English the sense was ‘a close friend, a person with whom one gossips’, hence ‘a person who gossips’, later (early 19th century) ‘idle talk’ (from the verb, which dates from the early 17th century).
