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Gup

//ɡʌp// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Gossip or rumor; nonsensical or silly talk; blather. India, colloquial, countable, uncountable

    "Should this lull continue much longer, the consequence will be, that the security of some mercantile houses, for some time on the wave, will fail; and, if we credit the gups in the bazar, the crisis is rapidly approaching."

  2. 2
    An elected head of a gewog in Bhutan.

    "A chupen is a liaison agent between the section of the village which he represents and the gup (an elected head of a block of villages). […] The gups and maangi-aps have been a central feature of Bhutanese village life since the 17th century. The gup has traditionally been an intermediary between the community and the state."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Hindi गप (gap, “gossip; idle talk”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dzongkha རྒེད་པོ (rged po, “gup”).

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