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Scuttlebutt
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example Sentences
- Everyone monitors the scuttlebutt about promotions and overtime far more diligently than their meteorological instruments.
- Scuttlebutt from that conference has already started fueling speculation about how important this new dinosaur might be.
- It was written in the optimistic belief that open debate beats backroom scuttlebutt.
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Word Origin & History
scuttlebutt
1805, "water cask kept on a ship's deck," from scuttle "opening in a ship's deck" (see scuttle (v.2)) + butt "barrel." Earlier scuttle cask (1777). Meaning "rumor, gossip" first recorded 1901, originally nautical slang, traditionally said to be from sailors' custom of gathering around the scuttlebutt
EXPANDto gossip.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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