as in colloquial
having the style and content of everyday conversation
this book on the people who have occupied the White House is a little too gossipy to qualify as serious history
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Recent Examples of gossipy
LuPone is refreshingly gossipy in public in a way that’s largely died in our fearful-of-repercussions, fearful-of-retweets internet age.
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Raven Smith, Vogue, 28 May 2025
In a world of algorithm game-playing and lyrics bundled with gossipy subtext, the band’s songs — which deftly blend garage rock and shoegaze — function as talismans affirming the importance of standing tall by your convictions.
—Sophie Williams, Billboard, 1 May 2025
There’s plenty of drama to go around — especially once gossipy talk show hosts, cruel vloggers and even campy drag queens join in on the action to tear its titular drama queens to shreds.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
This gossipy, epistolary novel is as full of epic characters as the Sistine Chapel ceiling: naughty Médicis, wine-drunk nuns, proto-Marxist painter’s assistants.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2025
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Raven Smith, Vogue, 28 May 2025
In a world of algorithm game-playing and lyrics bundled with gossipy subtext, the band’s songs — which deftly blend garage rock and shoegaze — function as talismans affirming the importance of standing tall by your convictions.
—Sophie Williams, Billboard, 1 May 2025
There’s plenty of drama to go around — especially once gossipy talk show hosts, cruel vloggers and even campy drag queens join in on the action to tear its titular drama queens to shreds.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
This gossipy, epistolary novel is as full of epic characters as the Sistine Chapel ceiling: naughty Médicis, wine-drunk nuns, proto-Marxist painter’s assistants.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gossipy
colloquial
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But the colloquial use of the term has prompted criticism from some.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
20 July 2025
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Proposition 12 is the colloquial term for the Farm Animal Confinement Initiative.—
Alan Wooten,
The Washington Examiner,
28 June 2025
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“Gossipy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gossipy. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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