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Gossip is idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others; the act is also known as dishing or tattling. [1] Etymology.
The word aproko can also be used as a name for a person, a character, a show, or a brand that is associated with gossip or entertainment. For example: For example: MC Aproko is a Nigerian stand-up comedian who won Next Naija Comedy Star and became the special assistant on entertainment to the governor of Bayelsa State.
Scuttlebutt in slang usage means rumor or gossip, deriving from the nautical term for the cask used to serve water (or, later, a water fountain). [1] [2] The term corresponds to the colloquial concept of a water cooler in an office setting, which at times becomes the focus of congregation and casual discussion.
1. Giggle water. Used to describe: Any alcoholic drink, liquor or sparkling wine In the roaring '20s (that's 1920s, kids!) during prohibition, giggle water was slang for any alcoholic beverage.
Shaming, ignoring, gossiping, gaslighting: HR experts say ‘workplace incivility’ is on the rise. Beth Greenfield. June 14, 2024 at 3:00 PM.
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Its first printed use came as early as 1991 in William G. Hawkeswood's "One of the Children: An Ethnography of Identity and Gay Black Men," wherein one of the subjects used the word "tea" to mean ...
[1] [2] The name has entered American English only in the form yenta in the senses of "meddler, busybody, blabbermouth, gossip" and is not only used to refer to women. [3] [4] [5] Both the forms yenta and yente are used in Yinglish (Jewish varieties of English) to refer to someone who is a gossip or a busybody.