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A gossip is a person who habitually reveals unusual, sensational, or hidden facts about other people: their motives, lifestyles, personal preferences. Gossip columnists are well-read, if not respected. To be labeled an “office gossip” is clearly pejorative. It is to be untrustworthy, to be “political” and to be potentially dangerous.
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© 2008 Adrian Furnham
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Furnham, A. (2008). Gossip is Good for You. In: Management Intelligence. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230227439_33
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