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Noun Concept

Categories: Interpersonal communication, Promotion and marketing communications, History of communication, Rhetorical techniques

grapevine pipeline word of mouth Bush telegraph heard it on the grapevine

Gossip spread by spoken communication WordNet 3.0

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Gossip spread by spoken communication WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Word of mouth, also called viva voce, is the passing of information from person to person using oral communication, which could be as simple as telling someone the time of day. Wikipedia

To hear something through the grapevine or on the grapevine is to learn about something via an informal source or hearsay, from another person; it may refer to an overheard conversation or anonymous sources of information. Wikipedia

Method of communication. Wikipedia Disambiguation

A term often used to describe a form of communication by means of gossip or rumor, as in "heard it through the grapevine" Wikipedia Disambiguation

Passing of information from person to person using oral communication Wikidata

Verbal means of passing on information. Wiktionary

Verbal means of passing of information. Wiktionary (translation)

The news of their affair was spread by word of mouth WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The book didn't need to be advertised; it became popular solely by word of mouth. Wiktionary

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gossip

rumor

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word-of-mouth marketing

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

grapevine, pipeline, word of mouth

Wikipedia

word of mouth, grapevine (gossip)

Wikidata

grapevine, word of mouth

Wiktionary

word of mouth

Wikipedia Redirections

Bush telegraph, PR buzz, Resonance (social), social resonance, word-of-mouth, word-of-mouth communication, Word-of-web, Word of Mouth, Word Of Mouth

Wikidata Alias

heard it on the grapevine, viva voce