rumor mill
Noun
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Noun
rumor mill (plural rumor mills)
- (American spelling, idiomatic) A process in which a group or network of persons originate or promulgate gossip and other unsubstantiated claims.
- 1963, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875015,00.html A Kennedy Speaks to a Lodge]," Time, 5 Jul.,
- For months the Washington rumor mill has ground out gossip about who might replace U.S. Ambassador Frederick E. Nolting Jr.
- 2008, "Zimbabwe Opposition Claims Victory ↗," New York Times, 30 Mar. (retrieved 19 Sep. 2008),
- Unofficial results instead traveled through the rumor mill, passed along on mobile phones from one part of the country to another.
- 1963, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875015,00.html A Kennedy Speaks to a Lodge]," Time, 5 Jul.,
- gossip mill
- German: Gerüchteküche
- Portuguese: fofoqueiro, fofoqueiros, fofoqueira, fofoqueiras
- Russian: сарафа́нное ра́дио
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