Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who spreads rumors.
- intransitive verb To engage in the spreading of rumors.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who spreads
rumors andgossip . - verb To spread
rumors andgossip .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
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Examples
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This is the same standard it's always been: verify information or you're a rumormonger (which can also be fun and more profitable than journalism).
Phil Bronstein: @BPGlobalPR "Twitter-Gate" Shows That Even Digital Tools Have Rules 2010
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This is the same standard it's always been: verify information or you're a rumormonger (which can also be fun and more profitable than journalism).
Phil Bronstein: @BPGlobalPR "Twitter-Gate" Shows That Even Digital Tools Have Rules 2010
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And if you're going to say I was a rumormonger, tell me what rumor.
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Give it to a rumormonger—you know the one named Lark?
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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Give it to a rumormonger—you know the one named Lark?
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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That Princess Keros lost her maidenhead—supposing she still had it—to some sort of rumormonger, some singer?
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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That Princess Keros lost her maidenhead—supposing she still had it—to some sort of rumormonger, some singer?
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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Give it to a rumormonger—you know the one named Lark?
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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That Princess Keros lost her maidenhead—supposing she still had it—to some sort of rumormonger, some singer?
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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Local scandal-blogger, rumormonger, and fantasist Laura Oates is a real puzzler.
A Puzzler Randy Smith 2006
Wordplayer commented on the word rumormonger
Stumbled across this delightful word today!
July 4, 2011