hearsay

is like laughing at a joke not because one has understood it but because someone else said that it was funny.

To believe the ideality on the word of another is like laughing at a joke not because one has understood it but because someone else said that it was funny.

is information acquired from another party that is sufficiently robust to be relied on by newspapers, households and workplaces, but not by a court of law.

hearsay, n. Information acquired from another party that is sufficiently robust to be relied on by newspapers, households and workplaces, but not by a court of law.

is worthless in a court of law. You can't so much as get a parking ticket on hearsay evidence.

is what toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.

Hearsay: What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.

is not always bad --- in the case of mushrooms and toadstools, it's better.

Learning by experience is good, but in the case of mushrooms and toadstools, hearsay evidence is better.

hearsay, n.Definitions

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