Newsmonger

noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A news junkie; a gossip.

    "Near-synonyms: gossipmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger; gossiper; see also Thesaurus:gossiper"

  2. 2
    a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others wordnet
  3. 3
    A newshound; a journalist. colloquial

    ""Wait. I heard you have a story." "News travels faster'n a herd of young cow ponies. Reckon you'd be the local newsmonger." Charlie remained unfazed. "In the flesh. This ol' nose can smell a headline a mile away.""

Etymology

From news + monger.

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