Gossip, in its earlier forms, contained information that was critical to survival because, in clans of 150, what happened to anyone had a direct impact on everyone.
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Gossip is essentially storytelling: storytelling about people whom we know.
Gossip is conversation about people.
What is the meaning of 'gossip?' Doesn't it originate with sympathy, an interest in one's neighbor, degenerating into idle curiosity and love of tattling? Which is worse, this habit, or keeping one's self so absorbed intellectually as to forget the sufferings and cares of others, to lose sympathy through having too much to think about?
Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.
Gossip is when you have a malice of intent or mindless, third-party conversation to someone about someone, something you haven't said to that someone.
Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone you don't.
Gossip is called gossip because it's not always the truth.
I think gossip and scandal is something from Western culture that has pervaded the rest of the world.
Gossip is a very dangerous tool. We should be more wary of the gossiper, and not the gossip they're trying to relay to you.
I've never been a big fan of gossip. Being a victim of it, I knew how much it hurt.
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