Everybody Does It - How About You?

Some people do it more than others; some won’t admit to doing it; others do it without even realizing it. What is it? We all gossip!

According to Wikepedia, “Gossip is idle talk or rumour, especially about the personal or private affairs of others. It forms one of the oldest and most common means of sharing (unproven) facts and views.” But, how do you distinguish between gossip and normal conversation? Often when I’m talking with a friend the conversation will begin with “What’s new?” Recently, when asked this my reply was “Linda and Peter have moved in together.” If this had been common knowledge, it would be normal conversation, but the fact that Linda had asked me not to mention it meant that I was gossiping! And, as I said in the beginning of this post, we sometimes do it without realizing it.

Again, according to Wikepedia, the word “gossip” originated when “politicians would send assistants to bars to sit and listen to general public conversations. The assistants had instructions to sip a beer and listen to opinions; they responded to the command to “go sip”, which allegedly turned into “gossip”.

Without being sexist, it’s generally believed that women gossip more than men. What do you think? And why is it that people are so interested in gossip about celebrities?

Whether we like it or not, we all do it to some degree. How about you?

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