| NOUN | communication | word of mouth, grapevine, pipeline | gossip spread by spoken communication | 
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| Meaning | gossip spread by spoken communication. | |
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| Example | "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth" | |
| Synonyms | grapevine, pipeline | |
| Broader | gossip, comment, scuttlebutt | A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people | 
| Spanish | habladuría | |
| Catalan | rumor | |
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