ABSP - Gossip Names

Gossip Names

babblative	given to babbling, loquacious.
babble	to talk incessantly, to divulge secrets.
babblement	babbling, indiscreet gossip.
backbiter	one who engages in malicious gossip.
bavardage	small talk or chitchat; idle chatter.
bizzo	irrelevant talk > BIZZOS.
blab	to talk idly; to tell tales.
blabber	to talk foolishly or indiscreetly, reveal secrets.
blabbermouth	an indiscreetly talkative person.
blabby	tending to BLAB.
blather	to talk loquacious nonsense.
blatherer	one who BLATHERS.
blellum	(Scots) an idle boring chatterer.
blether	to talk loquacious nonsense.
bletherer	one who BLETHERS, talks loquacious nonsense.
blither	to talk loquacious nonsense.
bloviate	to orate verbosely or windily.
bloviation	long-winded speech.
burbler	one who burbles.
busybody	one who minds other people's business; (verb) to act like a busybody.
bytalk	small talk, gossip.
cagmag	to chat idly.
carrytale	a gossip, a sneak.
chat	to converse informally.
chatter	to talk rapidly and trivially.
chatterer	one who chatters.
chattery	full of chatter.
chattiness	the state of being CHATTY.
chatty	talkative > CHATTIER, CHATTIEST; CHATTILY.
chinwag	a talk, a gossip; (verb) to gossip.
chitchat	gossip; (verb) to gossip.
claver	gossip; (verb) to gossip.
clishmaclaver	(Scots) gossip.
confab	familiar talk or conversation; (verb) to converse, gossip.
coze	to chat. [Fr. causer].
cummer kimmer	(Scots) a gossipy woman.
craic	(Irish) pleasant conversation.
dicacious	talkative; pert; saucy. [L. dicax, sarcastic].
earbash	to talk to someone loudly and at length.
earbasher	one who EARBASHES.
flaneur	a lounger, gossiper; an idle man-about-town.
gab	to chatter.
gabber	a chatterbox.
gabbiness	the state of being GABBY, loquacious.
gabble	to chatter or talk inarticulately.
gabblement	gabbling.
gabbler	one who gabbles.
gabby	loquacious > GABBIER, GABBIEST.
gabnash	(Scots) chatter, prattle.
gadder	one who roves about idly, a rambling gossip.
garrulous	talkative.
gasbag	a talkative person; (verb) to talk at length > GASBAGS, GASBAGGING+, GASBAGGED+.
gossip	to run about telling idle or malicious tales > GOSSIPS, GOSSIPING or GOSSIPPING, GOSSIPED or GOSSIPPED; GOSSIPY, GOSSIPINGLY+.
gossiper gossipper	one who gossips, a gossip.
gossipmonger	one who spreads gossip.
gossipper	see GOSSIPER.
gossipy	full of, or given to, gossip. No comp!
gup	gossip, prattle.
jabber	to talk rapidly.
jabberer	one who jabbers.
jaw	to talk at length.
jawing	long talk > JAWINGS.
kimmer	see CUMMER.
loquacious	talkative.
loquacity	talkativeness.
macrology	much talk with little to say.
mag	to tease or chatter.
muckraker	one who spreads defamatory gossip.
nashgab	(Scots) prattle, chatter.
natter	to chatter.
natterer	one who natters.
newsmonger	a person who deals in news; a gossip.
palaver	to talk profusely or idly.
prate	to talk foolishly or sententiously.
prater	one who prates.
pratingly	with idle talk.
prattle	to talk at length about nothing in particular.
prattlebox	a prattler, a chatterbox.
prattler	one who prattles.
prattlingly	in a prattling manner.
quidnunc	one who seeks to know all the latest news or gossip, a busybody. [L. quid nunc, literally 'What now?'].
rattlebrain	a shallow, voluble, volatile person.
rawmaish	(Irish) foolish or dissolute talk.
rumormonger	one who spreads rumours.
scandalmonger	one who spreads scandal.
schmoos schmoose schmooz schmooze shmoose shmooze	to chat in a friendly way.
schmoozer shmoozer	one who SCHMOOZES.
schmoozy shmoozy	gossipy > SCHMOOZIER, SCHMOOZIEST.
scuttlebutt	(slang) rumour, gossip.
spintext	a long-winded clergyman.
stickybeak	(Aust. sl.) a Nosey Parker; (verb) to pry > STICKYBEAKS, STICKYBEAKING+, STICKYBEAKED+.
sweetiewife	a garrulous person > SWEETIEWIVES.
talebearer	a gossip, a sneak.
talkative	given to talking.
talkativeness	the state of being talkative.
talkiness	talkativeness.
talky	talkative.
tatler tattler	an indiscreet talker, a gossip.
tattle	to talk idly esp. to tell secrets.
tittle	to tattle.
tonguester	one who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip.
twaddle	to prate; to talk much and idly; to gabble.
twaddler	one who talks twaddle.
twaddly	talking in a weak and silly way > TWADDLIER, TWADDLIEST.
twattle	to prate; to talk much and idly; to gabble.
twattler	one who twattles.
waffle	to talk at length to little purpose.
waffler	one who waffles.
waffly	given to waffling > WAFFLIER, WAFFLIEST.
windbag	a long-winded person.
wongi	to talk or chat > WONGIS, WONGIING, WONGIED.
yack	persistent or idle talk; (verb) to talk persistently.
yak	to talk persistently > YAKS, YAKKING, YAKKED.
yenta yente	(Yiddish) a gossipy woman, esp. one who pries.

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