Scuttlebutt

I found the origin of this word as used for gossip interesting.

Scuttlebutt in slang usage means rumor or gossip, deriving from the nautical term for the cask used to serve water.   Or in modern parlance gathering around the water cooler to gossip.

Growing up around the Navy bases I heard, “So what’s the scuttlebutt?” often.

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