Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1916997-20160617171511/@comment-24674051-20160620033038

I hate to break it to you, but gossip is not always lies. according to Merriam-Webster, a gossip can be simply someone that reveals personal information about peoples lives. Not keeping secrets is merely ONE form of gossip. Gossip also can involve sensationalism and exageration of details, though it does not have to.

One way that I have always looked at gossip is simply telling someone else a fact or rumor about another person that you would be unwilling or uncomfortable expressing were the person in the same converstation. Now, by all counts, this is very rude behaviour, so on that point I agree. but gossip does not need to be false, or even exagerated information.

Again, though, we have strayed from the subject of the topic. (and I say we, since I am guilty as well). Let's try to keep this on topic, and discussions of gossip are not on topic (unless, of course, it is gossip about what could be coming for season 6, which is a whole 'nuther matter entirely).