Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| 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 > BLABBIER, BLABBIEST. |
| 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 > GOSSIPIER, GOSSIPIEST |
| 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. |