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English

Etymology
From Old English godsibb, where it meant "godparent". Later it came to mean a person who is your friend or companion. Since friends do a lot of talking the modern meaning of "idle talking" has stuck.

Noun
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1. Someone who likes to talk about someone else�s private or personal business.
2. Idle talk about someone�s private or personal matters, especially someone not present.

Synonyms
scuttle-butt (2)

Translations
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Dutch: roddelaar m, roddelaarster f
Italian: pettegolo m, pettegola f, chiacchierone m, chiacchierona f, comare f (regional)
Hungarian: pletykás, pletykafészek
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Polish: plotkarz m
Spanish: t|es|chismoso|m, t|es|copuchento|m
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trans-top|idle talk
Catalan: xafarderia f
Dutch: kletspraatje, roddel
Esperanto: kla�o
Finnish: juoru
French: commérage
German: Klatsch m, Tratsch m
Italian: pettegolezzo m, chiacchera f, diceria f
Hungarian: pletyka
Indonesian: gosip (2)
Japanese: � (���, uwasa) (2)
Polish: plotka f
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Portuguese: bisbilhotice f, fofoca f italbrac|Brazil
Spanish: chisme m italbrac|especially Latin America, bochinche m italbrac|Colombian Atlantic Coast|Dominican Republic|Panama|Puerto Rico - colloquial, brete f italbrac|Cuba|colloquial, chambre m italbrac|El Salvador|Honduras - colloquial, chimento m italbrac|Argentina|Uruguay - colloquial, chirmol m italbrac|Guatemala|colloquial, cocoa f italbrac|Panama|colloquial, copucha f italbrac|Chile|colloquial, cotilleo m italbrac|Spain, cuecho m italbrac|Nicaragua|colloquial, mitote m italbrac|Mexico|colloquial, vinazo m italbrac|Costa Rica|colloquial
Telugu: �ాలి �బ�ర�ల� (gaali kaburlu)
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Verb
en-verb

1. Talking about someone else's private or personal business.
2. Talking idly.

Translations
trans-top|Talking about someone else's private or personal business
Dutch: roddelen
Finnish: juoruta
German: tratschen, klatschen
Hungarian: pletykál
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Portuguese: fofocar (Brazil)
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trans-top|Talking idly
Dutch: babbelen, zeveren, kletsen
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German: klatschen, schwatzen
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Catalan: xafardejar, cotillejar
ttbc|French: bavarder
ttbc|Spanish: chismorrear, chismear, cotillear

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