Tuesday, April 7, 2009
{ 11:24 PM }
gos⋅sip [gos-
uhp] Show IPA noun, verb, -
siped or -sipped, -sip⋅
ing or -sip⋅ping.
–noun | 1. | idle talk or rumor, esp. about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars. |
| 2. | light, familiar talk or writing. |
| 3. | Also, gos⋅sip⋅er, gos⋅sip⋅per. a person given to tattling or idle talk. |
| 4. | Chiefly British Dialect. a godparent. |
| 5. | Archaic. a friend, esp. a woman. |
–verb (used without object)
| 6. | to talk idly, esp. about the affairs of others; go about tattling. |
–verb (used with object) | 7. | Chiefly British Dialect. to stand godparent to. |
| 8. | Archaic. to repeat like a gossip
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As shared by dictionary.com, there is frankly quite a few meanings to gossip. Why the sudden interest in gossips, or rather the sudden need for definitions. Personally I use the word gossip rather loosely. I'm chatting with friends over coffee, I'd call it gossip whether
a not we actually venture into the affairs of others.
Our definition is talking behind people's back, sometimes literally. "Hey turn around so I can gossip about you."
You know, it is human nature to talk, especially about others, but what exactly crosses the line to be considered an actual gossip? Starting a false rumor is
definitely one. Telling new mutual friends about certain pasts that is frankly quite irrelevant and quite
damaging to one's reputation is another to me.
I know I talk about others, don't judge because frankly anyone and everyone does. However I
don't really consider myself to be one that starts a rumour. I'd say what I know and probably leave some 'unnecessary' or occasionally hurtful stuff out. I also won't intentionally seek people out just to spread the rumour and hope it spreads like wildfire.
But i guess at the end of the day the gossips
doesn't matter, what matters to me is that I know who my friends are and that they'll stand by me not matter what. If I should hurt them in anyway, I know we can talk things out and be better friends from there. Sometimes it's better to have a worse bark than bite.
