GOSSIP

"Did you hear about. . .?"

"Oh, do you know what happened to. . .?"

"That reminds me.  Have you seen. . .?"

Gossipping can become a terrible habit.  Gossip may even contain an element of truth but like the game "telephone" the truth gets lost quickly.  It is hard sometimes not to want to hear gossip.  You have to discipline yourself to not repeat what is heard or not to listen to it at all.

Definition of Gossip (according to Webster's Collegiate Dictionary)

1. a tattle
                 2. groundless rumor

Definition of Gossiper

1. an idle tattler
   2. a newsmonger