chitchat, gossip, out there defending it.The slogans and scare stories have taken over the discussion. The Affordable Care Act is humane, fiscally viable and Democrats should be out there defending it.

The Golden Age Of Illustration

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AJ Hunsucker

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“The Gossips” by Norman Rockwell (1948)

After relocating from New Rochelle, NY, to Arlington, VT, in 1941. With professional models not so readily available, Rockwell began using his neighbors as inspiration for his illustrated stories. Every few weeks his neighbors began appearing as subjects on such Post covers as The Gossips, which appeared in March 1948. Rockwell includes himself in this sequential story as the subject of the characters' conversation.

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The slogans and scare stories have taken over the discussion. The Affordable Care Act is humane, fiscally viable and Democrats should be out there defending it.

Gossip in Versailles

A servant’s view of royalty is at the heart of “Farewell, My Queen.”

 

 

 

The surprising benefits of office chitchat

Think your colleagues are wasting time when they chat together? Think again. Research from MIT Professor Alex (Sandy) Pentland's group at the MIT Media Lab shows quantifiable benefits to conversations with coworkers. Read more »

out there

外のあそこで；外で；宇宙で.

out there

あそこに［で, は］；海外に；戦地に；宇宙に.

gossip[gos・sip]

• 発音記号[gɑ'səp | gɔ's-]

[名][U][C]

1 うわさ話, 陰口, むだ話；（新聞・雑誌などの）ゴシップ記事；くだけた話［書き物］, よもやま話, 漫筆

a bit of gossip
ちょっとしたゴシップ

There's a lot of gossip about him.
彼のことがいろいろ取りざたされている

have a good old gossip
なつかしい昔話をする.

2 [C]うわさ好きな人, （女性の）おしゃべり屋

a malicious ［a wicked］ gossip
毒舌家；悪意に満ちたうわさ.

━━[動](自)おしゃべり［うわさ話］をする；（…について）ゴシップふうに書く, 陰口を言って回る((about ...)).

［古英語godsibb（god神＋sibb親族→神父）. 意味が一般化し「親しい友」→「おしゃべり」. △SIBLING］

gos・sip・er

[名]おしゃべり好きの人.


chitchat

[名][U]((略式))気軽な会話, 雑談；むだ話；うわさ話.

━━[動]（〜・ted, 〜・ting）(自)雑談［むだ話］をする；世間話をする.

chít・chàt・ty

[形]

chat
動]（〜・ted, 〜・ting）(自)［I[副]］

1 （人と）気楽に［くつろいで］話す((with, to ...))；（…を）閑談［雑談］する((away/about ...)). ▼chatterと比べて, 常によい意味合い

chat with ［to］ a friend over a cup of tea
お茶を飲みながら友と雑談する

chat about minor affairs ［old times］
世間話をする［昔を語り合う］.

2 《コンピュータ》チャットする：ネットワーク上でおしゃべりする.

━━(他)((英略式))〈異性に〉（親しげに）話しかける((up))；…といちゃつく((up))

chat up a bird
知らない女の子に話しかける.

━━[名]

1 [C][U]雑談（すること）, おしゃべり

have a friendly chat with him
彼と親しげに雑談する.

2 ((英))たわいない話, ゴシップ(gossip).

3 《コンピュータ》チャット：ネットワーク上のおしゃべり.

4 甲高い声で鳴くツグミ科の鳥の総称.

［CHATTERの短縮形］

chat・ting・ly

[副]