scuttlebutt
noun /ˈskʌtlbʌt/
/ˈskʌtlbʌt/
[uncountable] (North American English, slang)- stories about other people’s private lives, that may be unkind or not true
synonym gossip流言蜚语;谣言 词源early 19th cent. (denoting a water butt on the deck of a ship, providing drinking water): from scuttled butt.