MzUNDASTOOD Gossiping For Good
Born, raised, and educated in Jacksonville, Fl. I joined the military after graduation and settled in Pensacola, Florida following my discharge. I then successfully raised three children. My comedy is born from real life events and everyday experiences, but mainly it’s just my coping mechanism for life. Follow MzUndastood on Fb https://www.facebook.com/ugigglewitme
But, we usually preface that type of information with ‘let me tell you the good news.’ Or ‘let me tell you what God did for a particular person. In both situations, positive or negative news, one can agree that gossip is usually news that in no way benefits the listener.
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he word gossip is synonymous with being a busybody. Some refer to gossip as being ‘in other people's business but in most cases, it’s simply considered to be nosy. Now I do realize that for the most part, the word gossip has a very negative connotation associated with it, and frankly, it’s unfair, even biased one might say. I mean exactly what does it mean to gossip? Well, simply put, it means to share news or information (sometimes with unconfirmed details) about an individual or group that the news does not affect or benefit in any way. To be clear, gossip is not always bad information, it can also be news of a graduation, pregnancy, new job, marriage, or even a lottery win.
THE OTHER WOMAN
her, TMZ and the likes have viable platforms for giving out the raw dirt on Hollywood’s golden ones. She would get into all types of trouble with celebrities for publicizing their off-screen lives. I knew details about Frank Sinatra, Ryan O’Neal, Sammy Davis Jr., and a host of other celebrities that no child should know, Most times it’s just conversational but I did, and it made the celebrities banter about a common subject so much more interesting to me. It or acquaintance between close wasn’t like gossip wasn't already friends, but it definitely has ingrained in our daily lives. Some earned its rightful place in the of us were exposed to it by fence conversation lane of just being or laundry line gossip while others messy. Let’s be honest, we’ve been caught all the good gossip hot off the enjoying gossip forever. I mean The telephone. Now we have social media National Enquirer was first printed and we literally have 24/7 access to in 1926 and if you’ve ever stood in information about everyone. line at the grocery store you caught the latest celebrity gossip whilst Not to mention television is now checking out your bread and eggs. basically one big intrusion into But me, I blame Rona Barrett. She the lives of others with the insane was the original nose for news. number of reality shows. I wonder She started with GMA in 1975 if the lawyer who helped defend OJ and she made sure that early would’ve ever agreed to the lifestyle morning celebrity gossip became his family has now; who knows, a staple of the morning in most maybe he would’ve led the charge. households. This means I grew up Let’s get together over coffee and on celebrity gossip and thanks to gossip about it.
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