Stolley is right, of course, in saying that the word “gossip” does haveloucheundertones. It is one stage nastier than “chatter,” one stage seedier than “investigation.” It’s poised between rumor and the real, between the stab in the back and the handshake, between tastelessness and...
Stolley is right, of course, in saying that the word “gossip” does haveloucheundertones. It is one stage nastier than “chatter,” one stage seedier than “investigation.” It’s poised between rumor and the real, between the stab in the back and the handshake, between tastelessness and...