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gossip
Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.
"Be careful what you say to him: he’s a bit of a gossip."
Similar: busybody, gossipmonger, meddler, rumormonger
Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present.
"According to the latest gossip, their relationship is on the rocks."
Similar: dirt, hearsay, rumor, scandal, scuttlebutt
Idle conversation in general.
To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information.
Similar: blab, dish the dirt, spill the tea, talk out of turn, tell tales out of school
To talk idly.
Similar: chat, chatter, chew the fat, chinwag, natter
To stand godfather to; to provide godparents for.
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