tattletale
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Danielle Spencer, the former child star who played sassy tattletale Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What’s Happening!!,” has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2025
All media; corporate media, social media, local media, national media, state media, non-profit, for-profit and the tattletale kid down the street.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2024
He has established a tattletale line to complain about teachers.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2022
You’ve already suggested that your parents are likely to out you as the tattletale, but do you think anything will change?
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2020
“She used to go to school with our parents and Mr. Porter. I heard she was a tattletale back then. These days there aren’t many Remarkables who aren’t afraid of her.”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
People who come forward are called narcs, tattletales and snitches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
We live in a culture increasingly at the mercy of tattletales.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 17, 2021
Teachers are exceptionally good at dealing with tattletales, and I would not worry about this behavior in Zoom class.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2020
They are “really articulate tattletales on the thermal history of the body in the way that other things aren’t,” she says—and the implications could be far-reaching.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 25, 2019
Sometimes the house servants were the betrayers, they were closest to the masters, known to be tattletales, certain to be rewarded because of their talebearing.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
