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What does scuttlebutt mean?

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Noun
  1. (informal, uncountable) Gossip, rumour, idle chatter.
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I heard rumors that you had returned, Capitan Hinds, but I thought it was mere scuttlebutt.
Walker took off to see if he could find out the latest scuttlebutt, leaving Emmert alone.
There's been some scuttlebutt that the Enterprise is going to be involved in something pretty big, but that's all it is.
The scuttlebutt I hear is that Enron was long to the same extent that other energy suppliers and wholesale traders were long.
Walk more, eat less and include dairy products to help burn fat is the scuttlebutt of late.
The scuttlebutt is that the aide will step aside in 2010 to make way for an election bid by Mr Biden's son, currently serving in Iraq.

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