What’s Good about Gossip?

Did you answer, “nothing!”? If you did, I’ll send you a prize. Really…just email me your contact info. and I’ll send it to you!

Do you think you don’t gossip? Wrong! (Don’t worry, if you won above, you can keep the prize.) We all do. We just call gossip by other names to make ourselves feel more at ease with it.

gos*sip |?gäs?p|
noun
casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true : he became the subject of much local gossip.
• chiefly derogatory a person who likes talking about other people’s private lives.
verb ( -siped , -siping ) [ intrans. ]
engage in gossip : they would start gossiping about her as soon as she left.

DERIVATIVES
gos*si*per noun
gos*sip*y adjective

Mimi defines gossip:
If you’re talking about another person, and your words are not lifting that person up or providing facts pertaining to him or her, (ie. George is a great guy. George has the report.), your words are likely tearing that person down and passing along speculation or opinion. Hence, you are gossiping. (ie. George must be late again. George probably forgot the report.)

That doesn’t sound like gossip to you? But it is. Unconfirmed details. Opinion. Information beyond fact. It all goes into the communication clouds that pollute our environments. In the places we work; the communities we live and the homes where we’re meant to be safe and feel at ease, gossip works its way in under the guise of information or “helping” and takes root as the fear that we might be discussed or “helped” next.

Words have great power. How do you use yours?

If you comment back with the one word you know is a constant winner on the Bloomin’ Blog, I’ll send you a prize, too! Really!

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