gossipfest

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Etymology

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From gossip +‎ -fest.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gossipfest (plural gossipfests)

  1. (slang) A session of enthusiastic gossip.
    • 2008 April 23, Michael Cieply, “The Nazi Plot That’s Haunting Tom Cruise and United Artists”, in New York Times[1]:
      Still, United Artists’ future will depend on reversing a growing perception — fed by an Internet culture that publicizes notions once confined to lunchtime gossipfests — that the studio took a wrong turn shortly after Ms. Wagner joined Mr. Cruise, her longtime producing partner, in agreeing a year and a half ago to reboot it as their own venture with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which had previously owned the company outright.