office gossip
Water cooler chatter
Office gossip is informal talk among coworkers about colleagues, management, or workplace happenings—often speculative or unflattering.
It circulates through break rooms, chat apps, and after-work drinks: The office gossip is that marketing's entire budget got slashed.
The term can also refer to a person known for spreading such talk: Don't tell her anything—she's the office gossip.
- rumorUnconfirmed circulating story
- rumor millInformal gossip network
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- water cooler talkInformal workplace chatter
- cubiclePartitioned office workspace
watercooler · backstabbing · drama · secrets · open secret · coworkers · breakroom · spilling tea · scandal · hearsay · clique · snitch · hushed · juicy · spreading · toxic · workplace · cattiness
- office politicsbackstabbing, power plays, favoritism, nepotism, politicking
- officedesk, desk job, desks, desk lamp, desk lamps
- workplacehours, cubicle, desk job, holiday party, desk
- office lifecubicle, desk job, desk jobs, full-time job, nine-to-five
- gossiprumor, rumors, hearsay, whisper, scuttlebutt
- Workplace Comedy30 Rock, Parks and Rec, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Abbott Elementary, Silicon Valley
office gossipformal communication
Structured professional message
office gossipconfidentiality
Quality of protecting secrets
silence · keeping secrets · privacy · tight-lipped · saying nothing
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