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One man commented that he and I seemed to have different definitions of gossip. He said, ‘To you it seems to be discussion of personal details about people known to the conversationalists. To me, it’s a discussion of the weaknesses, character flaws, and failures of third persons, so that the participants in the conversation can feel superior to them. This seems unworthy, hence gossip is bad.

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Deborah Tannen Quote: “One man commented that he and I seemed to have different definitions of gossip. He said, ‘To you it seems to be discussion of personal details about people known to the conversationalists. To me, it’s a discussion of the weaknesses, character flaws, and failures of third persons, so that the participants in the conversation can feel superior to them. This seems unworthy, hence gossip is bad.”

“One man commented that he and I seemed to have different definitions of gossip. He said, ‘To you it seems to be discussion of personal details about people known to the conversationalists. To me, it’s a discussion of the weaknesses, character flaws, and failures of third persons, so that the participants in the conversation can feel superior to them. This seems unworthy, hence gossip is bad.”

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Deborah Tannen Quote: “One man commented that he and I seemed to have different definitions of gossip. He said, ‘To you it seems to be discussion of personal details about people known to the conversationalists. To me, it’s a discussion of the weaknesses, character flaws, and failures of third persons, so that the participants in the conversation can feel superior to them. This seems unworthy, hence gossip is bad.”
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