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Gossip

See also Slander.
Gourmandism (See EPICUREANISM, GLUTTONY.)
Graciousness (See COURTESY, HOSPITALITY.)
assembly of women
symbolizes gossip in dream context. [Dream Lore: Jobes, 143]
Blondie and Tootsie
two characters continually gossiping from morning to night. [Comics: “Blondie” in Horn, 118]
Duchess of Berwick
rumor-jabbering woman upsets Lady Windermere. [Br. Lit.: Lady Windermere’s Fan, Magill I, 488–490]
Norris, Mrs.
Fanny’s aunt, the universal type of busybody. [Br. Lit.: Mansfield Park, Magill I, 562–564]
Peyton Place
New Hampshire town where everyone knows everyone else’s business. [Am. Lit.: Peyton Place, Payton, 523]
Sneerwell, Lady
leader of a group that creates and spreads malicious gossip. [Br. Drama: Sheridan The School for Scandal]
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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(1) The 1920s saw the rise of the gossip column, the consequence of people's interest in Hollywood film personalities.
And if his rumoured relationship with Ulrika - whose chequered love-life has earned her has much attention as her TV career - does turn out to be true, the acclaimed coach, who has become immensely popular in England since taking over the national team, is set to make more regular appearances in the gossip columns.
But Bellows' biggest success was "The Ear" gossip column which was written by a saucy Englishwoman named Diana McLellan and long-time Star reporter Louise Lague.
I'd really like to target something for children because I feel like that is the generation I want to try and re-educate about food and what they're putting into their bodies," the Daily Express quoted her as telling New York Post gossip column Page Six.
But he decided to speak out "rather than read about us in a gossip column".
Famous faces turn up on the box in guest roles this week starting with sometime actress and gossip column regular Sienna Miller, above, who joins Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond in Top Gear (BBC2, Today, 8pm) as this week's Star In A Reasonably Priced Car.
Dempster, who was 65, was credited with creating the modern newspaper gossip column. Paul Dacre, editor-in-chief of Associated Newspapers and editor of the Daily Mail, said, "Nigel was not only a treasured friend and a brilliant colleague, but also one of the best diary writers Fleet Street has ever known.
That's right, the Herald reported the departure of its star reporter in a gossip column based on the reporting of another newspaper."
It's a tasty snack, enjoyable in a Vanity Fair gossip column airplane-read sort of way, and it's got great bones, so be seen with it.
Falco, known in those ancient days as an informer, is searching for a missing gossip column writer at the Daily Gazette, but bizarrely gets himself involved in kidnapping, piracy, and a whole lot of aggro from his lovely wife.
That elicited a phone call on the air from Stika, who advised Brennan not to believe everything he reads in a gossip column.
The obligatory gossip column in a 1981 issue reports, for example: "At 4 o'clock controversial critic Benjamin Buchloh...explained to his date that '60s Minimalism is at the root of all performance art including his appearance in this gossip column.
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