gossip columnist

NOUN

journalist detailing private lives

Synonyms

WEAK

gossipmonger reporter taleteller

Example Sentences

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Along the way, she chronicles it all like a gossip columnist for her 1.2 million Instagram followers and nearly half a million Substack subscribers under the name House Inhabit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

One of its popular synthetic hosts is Vivian Steele, an AI celebrity gossip columnist with a sassy voice and a sharp tongue.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

This season has been empowering overall for Coughlan's character, both as the anonymous gossip columnist Lady Whistledown and as a woman who's finally embraced her own unique physical beauty.

From Salon • May 17, 2024

Hollywood gossip columnist Sidney Skolsky said he gave the nickname.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2024

“Remember Irene Cara?” wrote syndicated gossip columnist Liz Smith in a 1993 column that claimed Ms. Cara earned just $183 in royalties in her four years under Coury.

From Washington Post • Nov. 26, 2022