gossip

The pseudonym Perez Hilton is a reference to Paris Hilton who was at the height of her fame when the celebrity gossip blog was launched in 2005.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

This piece of gossip soon begins to cloud Elliot’s life and better judgement.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

“Fans love drama, buildup, internet gossip, beef and story lines, and I think fighting naturally lends itself to that,” Paul said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The website became known as a pop culture hub, where readers could indulge in the latest celebrity gossip or discover a unique cooking recipe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

‘Your uncle does not want gossip and tittle-tattle over breakfast,’ she said tightly.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Much of the chatter never moves past a relatively small, dishy circle of political gossips because the supposed misdeeds, while titillating, can’t stand up to rigorous scrutiny.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

Then gossips chattered that a huge “bear raid,” or manipulation of stocks by short sellers, would be launched the following morning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

Tisa’s reenactments, commentary, and energy earned her a comment from a viewer who dubbed her “the new and improved Wendy Williams,” signaling a changing future for even legacy gossips and talk show hosts.

From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2025

Williams has long understood why people love gossip and equally adore and abhor gossips: they cause controversy, and sometimes force a public, corrective response.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2024

Some rely on it as a confidant, for it’s known to have a compassionate, impartial ear, and never gossips.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

As attendees roamed the corridors of the suburban Dallas resort and gossiped over drinks in the faux-adobe sports bar, there was no sense of a coming contest.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026

Because the home has been staged, buyers won’t be able to sit at the very kitchen table where the Kardashian clan gossiped over salads, or the poolside lounges where they often sunned themselves.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026

Busy markets sold butchered meats and fast-wilting vegetables, horse carts clattered, children shouted, and men and women gossiped in coffeehouses and read from printed newspapers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

During his childhood, Almodóvar sometimes sat and listened under the kitchen table while his mother and other women gossiped and shared secrets, Moore says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2024

White men and women drank, chain-smoked, munched pretzels and other eatables, gossiped eagerly and played darts.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

First of all, your love affair is being gossipped about; secondly, this gossip has indirectly brought your lover into serious danger.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction by Arthur Mee

In the forepart of the oven, on either hand, stood a variety of pots and pipkins, and gossipped together in their several tones.

From Yiddish Tales by Various

Soon the rest who had wondered and praised and blamed and gossipped forgot about him; they had no more attention to give him, no more flattery, no more allegiance.

From Quisanté by Anthony Hope

Have any of you gossipped like old women, either with him or with Deer Runner?”

From Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant by Mathew Joseph Holt

Sherwood Branciforte hunted out Andy Green where he lay at ease with head and shoulders propped against a wheel of the bed-wagon and gossipped with Pink and a few others.

From The Happy Family by B. M. Bower

There is no reality in which gossiping about someone’s weight loss, especially on social media, is a way toward helping or healing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

I briefly joined a book club of some work colleagues when I was teaching in rural Illinois, and it was fun, but most of our time was spent gossiping about, well, work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

I felt like he was gossiping about me to a lot of people, and during one review, it became clear that he was.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 28, 2026

The last few weeks of celebrity gossiping, scheming and the occasional fart may feel like one big crazy jumbled dream.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025

If Dad is losing his mind, gossiping about his mental state probably isn’t helpful.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Robinson and Frances Glandney, who married in 2002, were part of a group of longtime pals and she knew they’d start gossipping about her and the legendary singer-songwriter.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

"Fresh, lively, gay, and gossipping, these 'Fun Jottings' deservedly merit the enduring garb in which they appear."

From Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) by Julia Griffiths

Though our family was a veritable lunatic asylum of poets, no one cared to translate the good creature's gossipping garrulity into verse.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Carlo Gozzi

In a yard by themselves, we saw several giraffes, who appeared to be having a pleasant gossipping time, overlooking the affairs of all their neighbors.

From Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children by Grace Greenwood

Mr Jones, his curate, has confirmed this statement, although the gossipping and heartless tone of his letters about such a man cannot be too strongly condemned.

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Edward Young