1. This book casually pokes fun at the art of idle gossip . 2. Caen wrote, concluding, " Moral : Do not pay attention to idle gossip ." 3. Reports to the contrary, she said, were the product of idle gossip among irresponsible youths. 4. He called such speculation " idle gossip ." 5. Of course, as the author explains, these stories aren't idle gossip but reveal how actors work. 6. No mere idle gossip or cocktail-party chatter, this. 7. In the original film, most of the characters were Manhattan socialites whose primary interest was idle gossip . 8. In the interview on Wednesday, Condit and Stonecipher dismissed talk about differences between them as idle gossip . 9. While far from admirable, I would like to think that idle gossip has a kind of self-policing mechanism. 10. Nobody in the painting is smiling except a lady of the court who is engaged in idle gossip .