town gossip
Neighborhood news spreader
Town gossip refers to the local rumors, scandals, and personal information that circulate through a community: The affair became town gossip within days.
It also names the person who spreads such information—the busybody who knows everyone's business and can't keep it to themselves: She's the town gossip, so don't tell her anything you want kept quiet.
- rumorUnconfirmed circulating story
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- busybodyIntrusive meddler
- nosy neighborIntrusive person next door
nosy · chatter · idle chatter · hearsay · tattletale · loose lips · grapevine · neighbor · parlor · secrets · behind closed doors · tongues · spreading · juicy · eavesdrop · blabbermouth · meddling · porch
- Small-Town Lifegeneral store, front porch, church steeple, water tower, county fair
- town heritagehistoric marker, heritage site, historic district, courthouse, heritage museum
- communityneighbors, neighborliness, neighborhoods, kinship, community centers
- neighborhoodsidewalk, neighbor, residential area, neighbors, streets
town gossipconfidant
Trusted keeper of secrets
secret keeper · keeper of secrets · vault · confessor · loyal friend
town gossiprecluse
One choosing isolation
hermit · introvert · wallflower · private person · sphinx
town, towns, township, townships, townsman, townsmen, townswoman, townswomen, townspeople