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n. - A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people.

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  • The scuttlebutt is that the RNC might step in a help pay off those debts.
  • Okay, so, the scuttlebutt is writers should stay in touch with their readers.
  • They refuse to give me firm data, but the scuttlebutt is that AT&T is doing likewise.
  • So the latest scuttlebutt is that Google and Dell are getting together and bashing out the first Android phone.
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