tittle-tattle

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tittle-tattle
Verb
  • Yet in the president’s social media blathering last week came something shocking: an admission that deportations don’t really work.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
  • As Wharton continues to blather at June, Luke, Rita and a bunch of others move from the back of the crowd to the front.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 20 May 2025
Verb
  • Erinys doesn't prate about democracy or social betterment but simply guards oil pipelines.
    Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 1 July 2004
Verb
  • The data also added to chatter about whether a jumbo, half-percentage-point cut could be on the table in September — a conversation Jim Cramer feels is justified.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
  • After much chattering about the status of the Oscar winner’s seemingly clean-cut visage in the lead-up to the film’s premiere at the Venice Film Festival, once the camera (actually, four cameras) train themselves on Stone’s noggin during the film’s first act, there’s no doubt.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But rather than keep his discover quiet, the OP—much to everyone else's disappointment—blabbered.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The rain was pattering on the windowpanes all night.
    Philip Metres July 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
  • Momoa wore black pants and a black shirt with his hip-length cape featuring a red and yellow triangular pattered.
    Kayla Grant, People.com, 22 July 2025
Verb
  • The result is an entirely incoherent crime thriller that features gangsters prattling on about the self and the ego and the soul and then occasionally wandering into an entirely different scene where other gangsters are prattling on about the same thing.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 27 May 2025
  • One half of a pair of young twins prattles on incessantly about some sci-fi arcana while the boy’s bored-looking mother and his quieter brother tune him out.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • Sisters flit in and out of the house while others gab about the new semester, sipping on iced coffees that are quickly gathering condensation.
    Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Without meddling, the BTV cast would probably just split into PPG and non-PPG — or by gender — and gab for even longer on how asparagus makes your pee smell weird.
    Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Collectively, these four viral posts expertly trolling Belichick pomp received nearly 225,000 likes, were reposted 11,000 times, and were picked by media outlets such as Sports Illustrated, Yahoo Sports, and USA Today.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In a video from the post-game celebration, TCU senior safety Bud Clark trolled the rookie college football coach — and his off-the-field partner, Jordon Hudson.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Tittle-tattle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tittle-tattle. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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