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Noun Concept
Categories: Promotion and marketing communications, History of communication, Interpersonal communication, Rhetorical techniques
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grapevine  pipeline  word of mouth
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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)
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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