Obviously everyone has a different reason for gossiping. I have found that people gossip for one of the following reasons:

To fill in the void in conversation

People in general do not like silence. It seems everyone is afraid of silence. That is why sometimes meditation, or quieting of the mind is so challenging for a lot of people. Whenever there is a silence in a conversation, people tend to get nervous and often try to fill in the void by gossiping. Read more

Gossip according to Webster means “rumor or report of an intimate nature.” According to the Oxford dictionary gossip is “casual conversation or unsubstantiated reports about other people.”

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