Gossip
This is an archaic term meaning a middle-age woman, which is derived from godsib, "one related to the gods," that is, godmother.
LOCAL GOSSIP
Prepare for an extended time without unnecessary complications. Avoid distractions. Grocery shopping and similar tasks should be minimized or done quickly and efficiently.
As some make gossip out of everything, so others business. They always talk big, take everything in earnest, and turn it into a dispute or a secret. Troublesome things must not be taken too seriously if they can be avoided.
In most cases what is said in gossip is not true. So if the man has not done what you are saying, your words are not true, and you are doing him harm. Even supposing it is true that he has done the thing, even then you ought not to talk about it.
vows of dedication to the service of humanity, to subordinate their own ideas and wishes to the group goals, to take their eyes off themselves and fix them anew upon the vision, to guard their tongues from idle speech and criticism, from gossip and ...
And yet you will dream on in spite of all I tell you; dream on through your little round of hours, sewing and rocking and gossiping and dreaming; and the world spins and spins and spins.
Whether he was a genius or a charlatan, Saint-Germain had the talent to make himself noticed and the subject of gossip. But in Versailles and Paris he was embraced as the confidential adviser of Louis XV.
All spiritual schools are full of adultery, fornication, gossip, envy, slander, etc.
Pride dresses itself up in the tunic of humility, and within the robes of holiness, adultery dresses up as a saint.
News that two young women had taken up solitary life with other male hermits in the wilderness became seed for gossip.
Chatty and sociable, sometimes with a tendency to gossip, you are likely to be highly imaginative with a mind that is constantly seeking new information and craving new experiences. You love to study anything and everything that crosses your path.
Harmlessness towards oneself and others: "careless speech, gossip and unkind thought are among the commonest ways in which we harm each other" (1).
Samma Vaca, the practice of right speech; no lying, criticism, condemning, gossiping or harsh language is acceptable. Samma Kammanta, the practice of right conduct, which is attained by following the Five Precepts. Samma Ajiva, the right livelihood.
Soon my behavior became common gossip, and I began to realize my mistake. But at the same time I had so much faith in his love, which I felt to be infinite, that I did not for a moment fear that Sri Ramakrishna could ever desert me.' ...
The air was filled with strange creatures--great dragon flies, winged frogs, birds with human heads, and other weird forms which defy description--heaping venom, gossip, spite, slander, ...
 See also: World, Spirit, Light, Death, Ritual
  
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