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The English word gossip originated as godsibb, meaning "a person related to one in God," or a godparent.
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Among English-speakers, "godsibb" originally referred to those who had a spiritual kinship through baptism "god" as in godparent; "sibb" as in sibling.
NYT > Home Page By BEN WIDDICOMBE 2010
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Saying "gossip is harmless" was true in Shakespeare's time when the Anglo-Saxon noun "godsibb" referred to spiritual kinship.
Fahad Faruqui: (Not) Giving In To Gossip Fahad Faruqui 2011
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Saying "gossip is harmless" was true in Shakespeare's time when the Anglo-Saxon noun "godsibb" referred to spiritual kinship.
Fahad Faruqui: (Not) Giving In To Gossip Fahad Faruqui 2011
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