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Listen to this selection discussing gossip. This short topic discusses the role gossip plays in our life and is full of strong collocations related to gossip (words and phrases used when speaking about gossip). You'll find a list of collocations used with gossip below, as well as the text. I recommend you try listening to the selection a few times before you read along in order to practice your listening comprehension skills.

Types of Gossip

juicy gossip

idle gossip

malicious gossip

latest gossip

tabloid gossip

Amounts of Gossip

tidbit of gossip

bit of gossip

piece of gossip

What to Do with Gossip

spread gossip  

exchange gossip

notice gossip

swap gossip

hear gossip

know gossip

What Gossip Does

gossip circulates

gossip goes around

gossip goes viral  

gossip spreads like wildfire

gossip goes viral

Who Gossips for Money

columnists gossip

tabloids gossip

people write gossip columns

Text

Gossip is one of those strange things that people love to hate - or they just love it! Many people just can't help swapping juicy gossip, even though they might say that they never spread gossip. It's just difficult not to notice when you see the latest tabloid gossip. The next thing you know that malicious story some gossip columnist has written up is circulating around the world. Of course, the internet allows gossip to spread like wildfire. It just takes one noticed blog post of some tidbit of gossip to make any idle celebrity gossip go viral. Once that happens, there's no chance of not hearing the gossip. Have you ever noticed how supermarkets place tabloids full of gossip columns next to the check-out counter? It's obvious that there is a strange attraction to celebrity gossip. Somehow, people just seem drawn to those malicious headlines - even if they swear they don't ever notice who is doing what to whom.