dirty wash

buzz chatter chitchat conversation hearsay news scandal slander tale

account babble blather blether calumny chronicle clothesline cry defamation earful grapevine injury meddling prate prattle report scuttlebutt story talk wire

back-fence talk dirty laundry dirty linen idle talk malicious talk small talk whispering campaign

quiet silence

fact

account babble back-fence talk blather blether buzz calumny chatter chitchat chronicle clothesline conversation cry defamation dirty laundry dirty linen earful gossipry grapevine hearsay idle talk injury malicious talk meddling news prate prattle report rumor scandal scuttlebutt slander small talk story tale talk tattle tittle-tattle whispering campaign wire word