gossip
gos-sip
noun
Casual, often unkind talk about other people's private lives.
"I try to avoid office gossip."
verb
To talk casually about other people's private affairs, often unkindly.
"They love to gossip about their neighbours."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: dish the dirt, natter, jaw, visit, shoot the breeze, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chatter, chit-chat, claver, chew the fat