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Gossip

Invented in The Comedy of Errors

“
With all my heart, I'll gossip at this feast (5.1.411)
”

Shakespeare is credited with inventing this puppy, though it has a pretty interesting etymological history that started, fittingly, with relatives. (Because, come on, who gossips more than families?)

In this play, it basically just means to speak with in a familiar way.


Tag: The Comedy of Errors

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