scuttlebutt
noun/ˈskʌtlbʌt/
/ˈskʌtlbʌt/
[uncountable] (North American English, slang)- stories about other people’s private lives, that may be unkind or not true synonym gossipWord Originearly 19th cent. (denoting a water butt on the deck of a ship, providing drinking water): from scuttled butt.
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