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Gossip once meant a trusted godparent
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The meaning of words can devolve drastically over a few centuries. The term 'gossip' comes from the Old English 'godsibb,' which meant a godparent or a deeply trusted spiritual relative. Over time, it evolved to mean the close friends you would exclusively share idle chatter and secrets with, and eventually morphed into the negative modern definition of spreading juicy, unverified rumors about strangers.
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