Definition of RUMORMONGER

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Recent Examples on the Web But the rumormongers were clever, insisting that for three years the Beatles had offered clues in their albums about McCartney’s demise and replacement. — oregonlive, "Paul McCartney’s death shocked the Beatle 50 years ago, but he figured he ‘would be the last to know’ of his demise," 24 Sep. 2019 The Source: Anonymous rumormongers talking to reputable fan sites Probability of Accuracy: This feels like a trap. — Wired, "Cantina Talk: Is This the Opening Sequence of Rise of Skywalker?," 23 Sep. 2019 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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“Rumormonger.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rumormonger. Accessed 25 January 2020.