November 2009

Just Foolin’ Around

The release of the film Love Happens sent folks looking up quidnunc for a few days last month. That's because the movie's quirky female lead (played by Jennifer Aniston) writes that word (among others) on hotel walls. A quidnunc is a busybody; the word derives from the Latin for what now? Interested in knowing the scoop on words about gossiping? We looked at all the terms in the Unabridged that include gossip as part of their definition. Check out a few of the more colorful words we discovered.

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