Etymology of gossip

    Gossip started from ancient times when women present in the room during childbirth chat together. Most of these women are relatives and converse as they rejoice with new parents. However as time passed gossip came to be conversation about others.

    As a word, gossip evolved from middle ages English, "gossib," gossib from old English "godsibb"
        godsibb= god +sibb, where "sib" refers to someone close like a relative, sponsor... Together godsibb loosely translates to godparents.
    Gossip came to adopt the meaning of an idle talk about a third party most times with malicious intent. The act of gossip is known as dishing/tattling.
    Synonyms are, scuttlebutt, blab... It can be used as a verb (the act), or as a noun (the person.)

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    The verb form came out first in Shakespeare and as the meaning evolved into what it is today, gossip became frowned on by societies, religions, individuals....
     In psychology, gossip is thought to have a good effect in creating humans bonds and allegiance. It is viewed as a means of update on what's going on in the society.
    There are various thoughts to gossip such as classing it into positive and negative gossip 😉.