THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION

OF GOSSIPMONGERS

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Enhance the status of gossip, moving its image from seedy and shameful to positive and proud.      
     

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Create a growing body of expert gossipmongers who can elicit and transmit sensitive and salacious information with passion and panache.      
     

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Uphold the standing of the UK as a nation of gossipswappers in an international context, representing the UK’s interests in the policy formulation bodies of the European Gossip Federation.      
 

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A Message from the President

  
           
       

Welcome. So then, what do you know?

  
        When someone calls you a gossip are you justifiably proud? Or are you a touch insulted?  
        It’s funny isn’t it, the image that gossip has is still predominantly tacky, with connotations of maliciousness, deceit and delight in the misfortunes of others. There is an association with frivolousness and, although we all do it, it is not always something that we would put under ‘hobbies’ on our CV.

 

  
         
       
       
        There are many definitions of gossip. Although essentially a morally neutral activity in itself, the concept has been hijacked to become associated with the unsavoury but not the sweet. It is true that some who indulge in the fine art of gossip have malicious intent, but this is no reason to label the whole practice as reprehensible. We at the British Association of Gossipmongers are working to reclaim the concept and restore it to its original meaning.  
                     
        We need to get in touch with reality and embrace it, we should be proud to be a gossiper and even prouder to be a gossipee, as Wilde said: “the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about”.  
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        It is healthy to take an interest in your fellow man, it is healthy to encourage others to share secrets, it is healthy to talk. We need to stop apologising for doing what comes naturally and start celebrating it!  
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      Good gossiping.  
         
      Nicole Blabbermouth  
        President.  
           

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‘How to Gossip – Expert Advice from the British Association of Gossipmongers’ 

 

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