tittle-tattle
noun /ˈtɪtl tætl/
/ˈtɪtl tætl/
[uncountable] (informal, disapproving)- unimportant talk, usually not true, about other people and their lives
闲聊；蜚短流长；张家长李家短 - The story was nothing more than idle tittle-tattle.
这个故事只不过是无聊的闲谈。
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词源early 16th cent.: reduplication of tattle. - The story was nothing more than idle tittle-tattle.