town talk

[ toun tawk toun tawk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the usual talk, gossip, or rumors, as in a village or town.
the subject of gossip, rumor, or the like:
They've been the town talk ever since their elopement.

First recorded in 1535–45

Here I staid all the afternoon talking of the King's being married, which is now the town talk, but I believe false.

The youth, the loveliness, the genius of Mrs. Cosway became town talk.

But before this, a remarkable event occurred, affording still greater food for town-talk and gossip generally.

I was a little lion in society, and the town talk of the day.

Town talk has an unequalled power to regulate, restrain and actually govern conduct.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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