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Is Gossip a new word? Or has it been around for a while?

Posted on January 28, 2008 · Filed Under Lessons 

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  1. carpenderant on February 15th, 2008 7:45 pm

    OK, as for as thiis word gosip. no worst word has ever been contribde it has the power to turn friend again freind, lover again lover, brother again brother, and man again god! TRULY THE POWER OF THE TONUGE!!!! THE STRONGEST MOUSE IN THE BODY. so I guess I would like to know the meaning of the word again or against.
    The you my dear marina.god bless!
    carpenderant.

  2. badboy on January 30th, 2008 7:05 pm

    The word ‘gossip’ could be categorized as a form of talking. It is not necessarily what someone does while publicly speaking, unless they would want to be called a ‘blabbermouth’ or a ‘grandstander’. Another reason why people gossip is because it is just an easy uneducated form of speaking a language to someone, rather than an educated lecture. :roll:

  3. curiousbynature on January 29th, 2008 10:40 pm

    Where does the word tuition come from? I know it used to mean something very different than we think of today. What is its relation to the word intuition?

  4. ntrappa on January 29th, 2008 7:26 pm

    My word request for today is the word “word.” If you can, teach us the origin of the word “word”. :?: Thank you.

  5. creativeaddress on January 29th, 2008 7:21 pm

    The production on your videos is fantastic.
    Can you do a show on the word “reckless”

    The show needs to focus on etymology (single words) instead of linguistic urban legends for common colloquialisms (phrases).

    Keep up the good work!

  6. pile_driver69 on January 29th, 2008 7:15 pm

    I was more familiar with the “go-sip” etymology, but I see that it has been dispelled as a myth. Not everybody is interested in gossip. Small minds talk about people. better minds discuss things, great minds discuss ideas.

    A love of gossip is a good indicator of a small mind. It is also a good indicator of not having a life of one’s own.

    People with a full, well-balanced life have little time for gossip, let alone any interest.

    So, to answer your question, I would submit that people love gossip because they have empty lives.

    pile_driver69 replied on January 29th, 2008 7:19 pm:

    I found the (corrected) quote, and citation:

    “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”

    - Eleanor Roosevelt

  7. trgoblin on January 29th, 2008 6:35 pm

    My word request today is “Redonkulous” - It is a “neologism.” Let’s see if you can figure out who just invented this word!

    Hint: A very funny YouTuber - not so famous, but recently featured by one of your other very famous YouTube friends.

  8. birddogger on January 29th, 2008 5:10 pm

    Gossipers find it easier to talk about other people’s problems and situations that to talk about their own. Whether it is a celebrity, a family member, or a good friend, there is always something happening in people’s lives.

    Plus, it makes for conversation when there is no other common ground. Everyone has opinions about other people.

    Take Care,

    Birddogger

  9. rirob608 on January 29th, 2008 3:11 pm

    Ms Marina HFW,
    I would like to know where the phrase “down the tubes” came from? Everyone around here says it and i heard George Carlin say it as well….its a weird phrase…gracias Roberto

  10. nero on January 29th, 2008 1:20 pm

    That one is easy to answer, most people live boring and uneventful lives.
    Through Gossip they are able to feel as though they belong to something larger than themselfs, atleast when it comes to celebritys. :wink:

  11. highvoltedge on January 29th, 2008 7:57 am

    i believe some people like gossip cause when they are part of the gossipers then they know they arent the gossipee

  12. jcnick on January 29th, 2008 7:51 am

    Hello Marina,

    As beauty is said to beholden in the eyes of the beholder would you be so kind to find out where the word: ‘Beautiful’ came from, as I can’t help but notice how delicious you look.

  13. dmdlwagner on January 29th, 2008 6:26 am

    My dear Teacher,
    I very much enjoy your lessons. I heard a fascinating story about how the word “QUIZ” came about. Would you care to investigate and share your discovery about that word’s origin?

  14. FulgoreAV on January 29th, 2008 3:49 am

    Heya Marina,

    I like to request the word “Nihilarian”.
    What does it mean and where does it actually come from?

    Cya,

    Fulgore

  15. spikeysyntheticslime on January 29th, 2008 3:30 am

    Hey Marina :grin: !
    ive got a request for the word, “extraordinary” and why does it seem to mean “very ordinary” but actually means the exact opposite (”unusual”)? o.o i dunno if that made any sense but :shock:
    Thanks! :mrgreen:

  16. dragonfly on January 29th, 2008 3:06 am

    gossiping is a bonding mechinesm. It makes people, friends and strangers feel closer to one another. This closeness is corrolated with a time factor. bonding for a moment in time or long term bonding. both resulting in the same feeling of mutual agreement and oneness. gossiping also helps to establish sides of an issue or create a click. did i spell that right?

  17. slipperynoodle20 on January 29th, 2008 1:40 am

    You’re right about men being gossips. I work in a boatyard where we build large yachts.A number of us show up 30-45 minutes before the shift starts to drink coffee(koffeeklatsch), peruse the newspaper & gossip.
    It seems that most gossip centers around embarrassing :roll: or stupid situations :lol: others(usually not in the group) have gotten themselves.
    So, I guess gossip often serves to let us feel better about ourselves at the expense of others.
    Thanks for another great lesson
    Your Faithful Student

  18. ccstew22 on January 29th, 2008 1:40 am

    Where does the word “Lego” come from. Like the building blocks.

  19. trundlethelovemachine on January 29th, 2008 12:29 am

    Hi Marina,

    I request the word “scrutinise”.

    Thanks!

  20. mem16 on January 29th, 2008 12:14 am

    Gossip has been around as a word for a Thousand years? Really? I would have never guessed! :shock:

    Have you picked your Valentine yet? Keep me in mind, beautiful! :wink:

    Send me one and I’ll send you one back, too!!!!!! XX OO

  21. jar2645 on January 28th, 2008 9:41 pm

    I agree people just love to “dish” and share the scoop! :lol:
    I would like to submit a word request for the word Nympho or Nymphmaniac. I can imagine the origins of those words would be interesting. :wink:
    I just discovered your site and I’m already hooked :!: :roll:

  22. d-mac on January 28th, 2008 9:36 pm

    i’d love to see you do the word ecstatic. that word just brings me such joy. =P

  23. mattgoffriller on January 28th, 2008 8:21 pm

    for my homework assignment on “why do people love to gossip” i submit one German word: schadenfreude.

  24. rusak24 on January 28th, 2008 7:32 pm

    Hey where does the word babysitting comefrom? what a wierd word.

  25. deanfriesen on January 28th, 2008 7:13 pm

    I think I sent this request to the wrong place earlier… and not sure if it technically is a valid request, as it is a phrase, not a word, but what it the origin of the phrase “the whole nine yards”? I have heard - but can’t confirm that it has/had to do with the lengths of the gun belts on the big guns on planes in WWII. Can you (or other commenters) tell me if I am on the right thought track?

  26. cloudsplitter on January 28th, 2008 7:04 pm

    I was wondering where the noun bow, as in one used in archery, and the verb bow as in to bend at the hip in a sign of respect. Also, the word bough is sometimes pronounced the same. Are the connected? Thanks your terrific!

  27. parrot on January 28th, 2008 6:56 pm

    Hey Gossip girl :mrgreen:

    I’m requesting the word DIZZY.

    Thanks!

  28. lunicon on January 28th, 2008 6:51 pm

    I noticed you haven’t philolog-ized any words that begin with the letter ‘V’. That being the case, please do ‘Virtuous’ or ‘Virtue’. Better yet, do both.

  29. nosalt on January 28th, 2008 6:49 pm

    Hello my lovely teacher. I have a request for a word, but the only problem is that I don’t know what the word is. For months I have been wracking my brain trying to figure out this word and I am hoping you can help. Is there a word for something that is the exact opposite for what that something represents? I will give an example. Say, for example, that the button used to start a nuclear war had a smiley face on it. Or, a sweet and lovely song is used as the theme song for a horror film. I am fairly certain that there is such a word in the English language but I just cannot place my finger, or mind, on it. If you could help I would be grateful and forever loyal to my favorite teacher. Thank you … :smile:

  30. emjay111 on January 28th, 2008 6:31 pm

    Hey Marina!

    After watching the movie “Racing Stripes” they compare the zebra’s stripes to the striped uniform of a prisoner, and they refer to jail as the “pokey”. I was wondering where this slang term came from for jail. I was also wondering about two other slang words for jail, the “clink” and the “slammer”. Learning about any of these would be great, thanks!

    emjay111

  31. rscowboy on January 28th, 2008 5:39 pm

    This weekend my best friend and I were driving in Central California just talking about stuff (like guys in their 50s do) and we talked briefly about you and your program.

    We came up with a word we’d like to have you teach us about:

    conjugate.

    A little background about how we came up with that. He’s married (unhappily) and I’m not. So it is not unusual we’d talk about hot women and words with a vaguely “sexual” sound…

    I mean, I know what it means, but how did it come to sound so vaguely sexual. How did poor verbs get laden with such a word?

    Rscowboy

  32. sweaterhugger on January 28th, 2008 5:27 pm

    where does the word “sweater” come from, and why is it called a “jumper” in Britain?

  33. ahjteam on January 28th, 2008 4:21 pm

    …and likes japanese schoolgirls.

  34. ahjteam on January 28th, 2008 4:19 pm

    I would be interested in the history of the world “tentacle”, the body extension thing with sucking cups, that an octopus has eight on them.

  35. damage_mas on January 28th, 2008 3:53 pm

    how about the word dank :?:

    dank1313 replied on February 1st, 2008 8:58 pm:

    Yeah Marina. What about the word DanK? :evil: :grin: :idea: :oops: :mad: :!: :!: :?:

  36. silhouette on January 28th, 2008 2:51 pm

    Heyya Marina :) I was watching your videos on youtube and a word suddenly comed to my mind :) So i request the word “Platonic”. I hope you like the word and hot for words decide to investigate this word :cool:

  37. Yves Räth on January 28th, 2008 1:07 pm

    before i watcht this video i have never heard this word :grin:

    and now i know it, i have to say that im a verry big fan of gossips.

    and i think the reason is, that not everybody can be an entertainment gossip be. you must have something that makes you special.
    you are a great entertainer, because first watched alot of people you videos, because you are sooo sexy :grin: and now they watch it because its very interesting and they love your show.
    and the reason because michael is a entertainer, is because he can talk very fast very funny things and because of the storys.

    so those are the reasons, because i LOVE gossips.

    but you will be 4ever my favourite!!!

  38. silhouette on January 28th, 2008 12:54 pm

    It’s due to human nature! Its’s easy to talk but it’s also boring to talk by yourself :) So people share their feelings with other people and make comments :idea:

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