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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 (UPenn Online Books)
Subject: Rumor (Library of Congress)
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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)
Top Gossip Sites (Top1 10.com)
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Here are links to pages about closely related subjects.
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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