Bleed

Break Silence

Catch Fire

Consume More Than They Create

Diffuse

Drip

Go Viral

Punish Curiosity

Punish Repetition

Ripen In The Hallway

Spill

Things You Only Hear In Silence

gossip

symbolism

acid

Cockney Rhyming Slang

infinity

talkativeness

one-liner

drama

talking shit

gossiping

shutting up

cat owner

day drinking

bitch

girl power

crazy bitch

bullshit

party

life hack

prank

nosiness

rumor

keeping a secret

is for group-living humans what manual grooming is for other primates it allows individuals to service their relationships and so maintain their alliances on the basis of the principle: If you scratch my back, i'll scratch yours.

Gossip, according to Robin Dunbar in his book Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language, does for group-living humans what manual grooming does for other primates it allows individuals to service their relationships and so maintain their alliances on the basis of the principle: if you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. Dunbar argues that as humans began living in increasingly larger social groups, the task of manually grooming all one's friends and acquaintances became so time-consuming as to be unaffordable.[51] In response to this problem, humans developed 'a cheap and ultra-efficient form of grooming' vocal grooming. To keep your allies happy, you now needed only to 'groom' them with low-cost vocal sounds, servicing multiple allies simultaneously while keeping both hands free for other tasks. Vocal grooming then evolved gradually into vocal language initially in the form of 'gossip.'[51] Dunbar's hypothesis seems to be supported by the fact that the structure of language shows adaptations to the function of narration in general.[52] (wikipedia)

is generally actuated by active ignorance.

Female gossips are generally actuated by active ignorance. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

is like a fog which, eventually, the clear wind blows away and the sun burns off.

The best ammunition against lies is the truth, there is no ammunition against gossip. It is like a fog and the clear wind blows it away and the sun burns it off.

is ubiquitous. Almost one half of our time is spent in telling and hearing evil of one another.

Almost one half of our time is spent in telling and hearing evil of one another . . . and every hour brings forth something strange and terrible to fill up our discourse and our astonishment. Laurence Sterne

 no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.

Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys. Joseph Conrad

is a thing whereby it can be said that those who do it with you will do it about you.

Those who gossip with you will gossip about you. Edgar Allan Poe

is a thing where a little does much good and much does little good.

Collegiality: A little gossip does much good, much gossip little good.

Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory.

gossip, n.One-Liners

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