scuttlebutt

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[ US /ˈskətəɫˌbət/ ]
[ UK /skˈʌtə‍lbˌʌt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
    the divorce caused much gossip
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How To Use scuttlebutt In A Sentence

  • The scuttlebutt is that the RNC might step in a help pay off those debts. Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Steele and Palin Deserve each Other
  • Before scuttlebutt that Apple was working on a tablet started to heat up, no major PC manufacturer seemed to think that consumers wanted a general-purpose, touchscreen-only computing device.
  • As far as the scuttlebutt goes, he's the one who made her pregnant. SUDDENLY
  • Some of this scuttlebutt would have my name assigned to a mission. Riding Rockets
  • Original: COO Tim Cook could be leaving Apple for the vacated CEO slot at HP, according to scuttlebutt that's going around.
  • To test the accuracy of such scuttlebutt, you must next ring the flack representing the subject-company, with a wildly-exaggerated version of the dirt you got from his competitor.
  • I heard rumors that you had returned, Capitan Hinds, but I thought it was mere scuttlebutt.
  • UPDATE: Oh, I totally forgot, but the scuttlebutt is that Hotel Chevalier will be available for free download on the iTunes music store sometime today. Mini Review: Hotel Chevalier by Wes Anderson : #comments
  • Asked to rubbish this scurrilous piece of scuttlebutt BT has sheepishly acknowledged that it is true.
  • The scuttlebutt of late is that product labels containing statements such as ‘No Hormones’ or ‘Hormone Free’ are misleading American consumers.
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