Citations:gossip

Noun idle talk about private or personal matters

 * c.1885 - A.L.O.E. (Tucker, Charlotte Maria), The Wondrous Sickle and Other Stories: The Wondrous Sickle (Undated - Gall and Ingis, London)
 * "Perhaps not," replied Fath Masih gravely. "Many women come to visit my wife, both Mahomedan and Hindu, but their talk is mere gossip...