Tabloid news nothing more than scuttlebutt.
Today’s Word:
Scuttlebutt
1a: a cask on shipboard to contain fresh water for a day’s use
b: a drinking fountain on a ship or at a naval or marine installation
2: Rumour, Gossip
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Tabloid news is not news, period. There, six words!
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Couldn’t agree more with those six words!!
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I like knowing meanings of words.
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Same here.
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OScuttlebutt contains butt no accident there! 🤓😁
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Oops should not have O. Using kindle.🤓😛
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No worries typos happen to all of us!
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Makes Twitter extra challenging 😁
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😂
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Lol indeed! 😂
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Scuttlebutt is imaginative fun, Not Truth
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Yup exactly!
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👍👍
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Say it louder for the people in the back!
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🙌🙌
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Oh! the scuttlebutt I could tell…
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A very relatable addition!
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Thank you, but in full scuttlebutt discoure, I never kiss and tell. lol
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Lol not even on the Internet where everyone can read it😂
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Ummm ummm I plead the fifth. 😉
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Wise decision…
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😆😂🙂
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Listening to the scuttlebutt starts drama.
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Yup sure does!
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I’ve seen “scuttlebutt” twice in print.
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Ooh that’s cool!
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I always knew scuttlebutt as gossip. Who knew it had other meanings?
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Yeah I thought that’s all it meant too so I was quite surprised.
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I didn’t know about that word before. Fear half a dozen, Pooja
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Glad this helped you learn a new word!
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scuttlebut about ronaldo going to psg
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Yup!
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I feel so special in your embrace.♥️♥️💕
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Love that 💕
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Aw thank you♥️
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reading scuttlebutt, while drinking from scuttlebutt…
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Haha that’s the best one so far!
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😊
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1)
“Scuttlebutts below deck…?”
“Yes Captain.”
“Good!”
2)
The rift, began with the Scuttlebutt.
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Oh wow they’re both great!
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Most of the news whether tabloid, network. etc is scuttlebutt anymore lol
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Lol so true- it’s very hard to take anything seriously
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turns out i should have listened…
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Ooh interesting twist!
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useful snippets all buried under grave
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Great addition!
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Just did 😊
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A drinking fountain is where rumors originate and gossips circulate.
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Lol so true most people stand around gossiping.
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Agreed total hogwash ! Haha 🙂
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Lol for sure!
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You made me longing for more.
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Thanks!
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That really great writing ✍️ well done 👍
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Thank you!
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Good to wrap fish and chips
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Yup pretty much the only thing they’re good for 😒
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Cattywompus is a screwy adjective indeed.
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Omg I love that- you just taught me a new word!
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Scuttlebutts are nothing but just trouble.
Loved this one.
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Thank you! Loved your use of it!
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