Gossip is idle talk or rumour about the personal or private affairs of others. It is one of the oldest and most common means of sharing facts and views, but also has a reputation for the introduction of errors and variations into the information transmitted. The term can also imply that the idle chat or rumour is of personal or trivial nature, as opposed to normal conversation.
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- Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same. Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shop-talk of the scientist, and the consolation of the housewife, wit, tycoon and intellectual. It begins in the nursery and ends when speech is past. ,
- Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory. ,
- Never trust the teller, trust the tale. ,
- When of a gossiping circle it was asked, What are they doing? The answer was, Swapping lies. ,
- There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. ,
- Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker. ,
- A malignant sore throat is a danger, a malignant throat not sore is worse. ,
- With well doing you may put to silence foolish men. ,
- Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. ,
- What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth.
