tittle-tattle
Petty neighborhood rumors
Tittle-tattle is idle gossip or trivial chatter about other people's affairs.
The word is slightly old-fashioned and carries a dismissive tone—the gossip isn't important enough to take seriously: I have no patience for tittle-tattle about the neighbors.
As a verb, to tittle-tattle is to engage in such gossip.
Incoherent speech
- prattleTrivial, prolonged speech
- natterLight, aimless conversation
- jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently
- gabLight, meaningless talk
chitchat · small talk · banter · palaver · schmooze · nattering · gabbing · yak
Speech without full voice
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- rumorUnconfirmed circulating story
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
- backbiteDefame someone absent
blab · taletelling · talebearer · yenta · tattler · busybody · gossipmonger · rumormonger
Trivial, foolish talk
- drivelSenseless, silly talk
- waffleGridded breakfast cake
- gibberishUnintelligible speech or writing
- hooeyInformal term for nonsense
silliness · blabber · rambling · balderdash · poppycock · claptrap · hogwash · rubbish
Light, soft fibers
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- insignificantLacking importance or consequence
- meaninglessLacking significance or purpose
- minutiaePetty precise particulars
petty · piffle · superficial · trifling · unimportant · frivolous · idle · trivial
babble
Incoherent speech
gab · chitchat · small talk · banter · palaver · schmooze · nattering · gabbing · yak · blather
whisper
Speech without full voice
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- rumorUnconfirmed circulating story
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
backbite · blab · taletelling · talebearer · yenta · tattler · busybody · gossipmonger · rumormonger · gossiping
twaddle
Trivial, foolish talk
hooey · silliness · blabber · rambling · balderdash · poppycock · claptrap · hogwash · rubbish · foolishness
fluff
Light, soft fibers
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- insignificantLacking importance or consequence
- meaninglessLacking significance or purpose
minutiae · petty · piffle · superficial · trifling · unimportant · frivolous · idle · trivial · lightweight
- gossiprumor, rumors, gossip, hearsay, whisper
- T-T wordstattletale, titillate, tatterdemalion, tutti-frutti, teetotaler
- chatterchat, chatter, chatting, chitchat, gab session
- scandalscandal, infamy, disgrace, coverup, cover-up
- defamationslander, libel, defamation, defamatory statement, defaming
tittle-tattlehard news
Factual, timely journalism
investigative reporting · breaking news · documentary evidence · facts · official report
tittle-tattlesilence
Total lack of sound
discretion · confidentiality · reticence · tight-lipped · keeping mum
tattle, chit-chat, pitter-patter, tattling, tittle, tattled, tattles