GRAMMAR CRIMES DIVISION

The word “gossip” was originally “community news.” Marketing made it spicy.

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'Gossip' comes from Old English 'godsibb', meaning godparent or close friend. It later came to mean idle talk, and marketing wasn't involved.

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