Gossip is conversation that's light, informal, and usually about other people's business. It can be fun to gossip about others, but no one likes it when they're the subject of gossip.
A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
Noun
light informal conversation for social occasions
Noun
a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip"
Noun
a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
Verb
talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
Verb
wag one''s tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won''t dish the dirt"
n.
A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
n.
A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary
acquaintance.
n.
One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an
idle tattler.
n.
The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.
v. t.
To stand sponsor to.
v. i.
To make merry.
v. i.
To prate; to chat; to talk much.
v. i.
To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
Gossip
Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip, in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill taken.2.
My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal.3.
The common chat of gossips when they meet.4.
Bubbles o'er like a city with gossip, scandal, and spite.
Gossip
Gossip
A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
To stand sponsor to.
To make merry.
Usage Examples
I grew up on a farm in a small town where you do or say one thing and everybody knows about it. You see it happen, there's always the town gossip - 'Oh did you hear about so and so, or did you hear what went on in this household?' So I learned at a very young age just to keep my mouth shut.
Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.
I'm on a strict gossip diet. No gossip websites, no gossip magazines. Otherwise, I find it paralyzing to exist.
Do I ever think Gossip will be really massive in America? No, I don't think it'll happen - and that's fine. It's kind of nice because I get to experience everything at once. I get to come home and it not be weird, like in Paris or something. It is nice to be completely anonymous.
So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary.
Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
Gossip is nature's telephone.
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Other Usage ExamplesAnyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need.
A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.
Gossip is easy, politics is hard.
But nobody is listening to those points. They are just listening to the gossip which is saying that I knew I was positive for all these years because I had a faked test a few years ago.
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around.
Gossip is called gossip because it's not always the truth.
While gossip among women is universally ridiculed as low and trivial, gossip among men, especially if it is about women, is called theory, or idea, or fact.
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