Rumor

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A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread. — Richard Armour

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Introduction1

TEDxStockholm (YouTube Channel)
TEDxStockholm (Official Website)

Dictionary

rumor : talk or opinion widely disseminated with no discernible source — Merriam-Webster   See also   OneLook

Thesaurus

Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords

Encyclopedia

Rumor is a tall tale of explanations of events circulating from person to person and pertaining to an object, event, or issue in public concern. In the social sciences, a rumor involves some kind of a statement whose veracity is not quickly or ever confirmed. In addition, some scholars have identified rumor as a subset of propaganda. Rumors are also often discussed with regard to “misinformation” and “disinformation” (the former often seen as simply false and the latter seen as deliberately false, though usually from a government source given to the media or a foreign government). — Wikipedia

Rumor (Encyclopædia Britannica)

Gossip is idle talk or rumour, especially about the personal or private affairs of others; the act is also known as dishing or tattling. — Wikipedia

Gossip (Encyclopædia Britannica)

What to Call Someone Who Spreads Rumor? A Rumormonger? (Word Reference)

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Preservation

History

What Did Gossip Culture Look Like Before the Internet? (Julia Kelly, Literary Hub)

Library

Subject: Rumor (Library Thing)

Subject: Rumor (Open Library)

Subject: Rumor (UPenn Online Books)

Subject: Rumor (Library of Congress)

Subject: Rumor (WorldCat)

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Participation

Education

MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources

Community

News

Rumor & Gossip (JSTOR)
Rumor & Gossip (NPR Archives)

Page Six (New York Post)

Top Gossip Sites (Top1 10.com)

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Related

Here are links to pages about closely related subjects.

Knowledge Form

Expression

Entertainment Humor, Toy, Hobby, Competition (Game, Sport), Spectacle
Arts Performing, Visual (Architecture), Culinary, Language (Poem), Music, Dance
Belief Hypothesis, Forecast, Rumor, Superstition, Folklore, Faith

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Notes

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