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malicious gossip

/məˌlɪʃəs ˌgɑsəp/
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Other forms: malicious gossips

Definitions of malicious gossip
  1. noun
    disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
    synonyms: dirt, scandal
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    type of:
    comment, gossip, scuttlebutt
    a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
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