Hey, have you heard about . . . ?"
It's at the mention of that telltale phrase that my ears instantly prick up, waiting to hear the latest juicy tidbit, freshly squeezed from the rumor mill.
From updates about my family ("Which cousin is pregnant this time?") to rumblings at work ("I hear that 2.5 percent pay raises are the norm this year. Again."), my gossip radar is often primed and ready — tuned in to the tawdry tales in the lunchroom and the surreptitiously shared stories in the women's restroom.
I think it's the pervasiveness and allure of the whispered chitchat - feeding on our need to be in-the-know, sometimes when we don't even know the person being talked about — that has led all of us to dabble in gossip at least once.
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