rumor, n.Definitions

Rumor travels faster but does not stay put as long as truth.

Rumor is a favorite weapon of the assassins of character.

A Rumor often covers a lot of ground when it is groundless.

The Rumor has to be spread, because there is little else to do with one.

Rumor is like bees in that the more you fight them the more you don't get rid of them.

Rumor is fueled by an almost uncontrollable impulse to pass it on to another person.

Rumor is when language is no longer a medium of communication and instead becomes itself infectious and communicable, causing things to happen almost as if they had occurred by nature.

Rumor seems to circulate on its own because it is fueled by its indeterminacy, which constitutes its importance in social discourse and accounts for its communal adhesiveness.