scandalmongeries

Noun

scandalmongery (usually uncountable, plural scandalmongeries)

1. (usually) The act of listening to and telling scandalous rumors.
   • As may be supposed, the business could not but suffer by these long hours passed in drunkenness and scandalmongery, but Mrs, Eusville had three daughters to bring out, and she hoped — when she had disposed of her shop, and her feet were set on the redoubtable staircase of Cork Hill — that her...1887, George Moore, Parnell and his Island
2. (usually) A scandalous rumor that is spread in such a manner.
   • You must own their lot has not fallen in a fair ground, and as far as I can make out, although their visits are productive of a terrible amount of gossip and scandalmongery, they have never been found out in thieving or roguery.”1913, The Wireless World - Volume 1, page 110