In Portuguese we have the word 'fofoqueira' to refer to a person who likes gossips and/or is constantly gossiping about other people.
Google suggest gossip girl
but that does not sound right.
Is there a word in english for that kind of people?
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Sign up to join this communityIn Portuguese we have the word 'fofoqueira' to refer to a person who likes gossips and/or is constantly gossiping about other people.
Google suggest gossip girl
but that does not sound right.
Is there a word in english for that kind of people?
This is a fun example of how English parts of speech can be malleable.
We start with the uncountable noun “gossip”.
The expression “to like gossip” or “to share gossip” gets so common that the noun created a new verb “to gossip”.
Normally, a person who verbs is called a verber: “a gossiper”. The new verb has in turn created a new noun.
But since the original noun was uncountable and the new one is countable, we can be lazy and simplify “a gossiper” to “a gossip”, and now the original noun has gained a new use and meaning.