rumormonger

noun

ru·mor·mon·ger | \ ˈrü-mər-ˌməŋ-gər

, -ˌmäŋ-\

Definition of rumormonger

: a person who spreads rumors

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But one piece of information that's been less consistently bandied by rumormongers is what, precisely, Apple plans to call its next-gen smartphones. — Lisa Eadicicco, Time, "What Will Apple's New iPhone Be Called? We Rounded Up the Possible Names," 5 Sep. 2017 Relatives have also begged rumormongers to lay off. — Avi Selk, Washington Post, "In rumors around a DNC staffer’s death, a whiff of a Clinton-era conspiracy theory," 17 May 2017 That’s the theory of various rumormongers, who have grabbed images of a butt-ugly smartphone prototype claimed to be the first incarnation of Android. — David Becker, WIRED, "Googlephone Ready for February Debut?," 27 Dec. 2007

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