10 Phrases for Gossip in English

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talk about 10 phrases for gossip let’s

go oh my god

so the first phrase is oh my god

so so oh my god so is a introductory

phrase you can use to start your topic

with like a surprise factor so you say

oh my god and then so is your transition

phrase so for example oh my god so I

have to tell you about this movie I saw

or oh my god so I saw my neighbor in the

shopping mall this morning or oh my god

so did you see my new dog it’s kind of

weird usually it’s about a person not

about a dog but who knows you won’t

believe what happened to me the other

day the next expression is you won’t

believe what happened to me the other

day you won’t believe what happened to

me the other day meaning something

happened to you and you think it’s going

to be a surprise to the person listening

to you you won’t believe what happened

to me the other day so it’s a very fast

phrase because it sounds like you want

to share very quickly like you won’t

believe what happened to me you can drop

the other day if you want or you said

you can say you won’t believe what

happened to me this morning you won’t

believe what happened to me last night

you won’t believe it happened to me this

weekend you won’t believe what happened

to me over my winter vacation so that

you won’t believe what happened to me

gets very very quick and short so

example you won’t believe what happened

to me the other day

I’ve ran into my ex-boss or you won’t

believe what happened to me the other

day I tripped and fell down a flight of

stairs or you won’t believe what

happened to me the other day I got a new

parrot sure I don’t know maybe one of

you can use that guess what the next

phrase is very short the next phrase is

like an exclamation so an excited

statement and a question guess what

guess what so guess what is inviting the

listen

to guess what happened to you yes what

the full question would be guess what

happened or guess what happened to me

but we only say guess what so guess what

and sometimes the listener guesses and

sometimes the listener just says what

usually the listener just says what ask

so meaning you should continue the story

so if you say guess what I quit my job

or guess what I saw my best friend with

a new guy I haven’t seen before

Oh another example guess what I got a

new car something like that so some kind

of shocking like difficult to guess

situation I haven’t told you about this

yet the next expression is I haven’t

told you about this yet I haven’t told

you about this yet so have not becomes

haven’t I haven’t told you about this

yet so maybe you’ve told you have told

other people but this specific person

maybe you have not told that person your

news or some information yet but this

yet implies you are planning to or you

want to tell them this so it’s it’s kind

of creates a little suspense I haven’t

told you about this yet so we could use

this like I haven’t told you about this

yet I’m going to France next summer or I

haven’t told you about this yet but I

broke up with my boyfriend last night or

I haven’t told you about this yet but

I’m throwing a big party for my coworker

this weekend can you come other examples

I haven’t told you about this yet I saw

my boss out for dinner with someone

who’s not his wife Oh oh my god that’s

not true I haven’t told you about this

yet I heard that the company is gonna go

bankrupt Oh

also not true okay so those are some

pretty juicy juicy gossip that’s an

expression we use we say juicy gossip is

something that’s like really really

interesting gossip or a really

interesting story about people we say

juicy gossip for that have you heard

about the next expression is have you

heard about blah blah blah have you

heard about can be followed with a noun

phrase have you heard about a person you

can use a person or have you heard about

a situation you can use both you can use

an object - so have you heard about the

new iPhone or have you heard about the

new office policies you can use that for

pretty much anything you want to inform

your listener about so have you heard

about is usually said very quickly have

you heard about so the U becomes

shortened - yeah have you heard about

have you heard about the blah blah so

have you heard about the new secretary

have you heard about our new boss sir

have you heard about my co-worker

quitting his job have you heard about

the neighbors above us they’re moving so

you can use people here for a gossip

expressions or you can use objects in

this expression just to introduce

something new very useful phrase have

you heard about my mum sorry mom I don’t

know why you came into that one okay so

the other day the next expression is

kind of like the beginning to a story so

maybe this can be for gossip maybe it

can just be like a story something

interesting or maybe boring that

happened to you the expression is so the

other day so the other day so the other

day the other day here means not today

some other day which day it doesn’t

really matter it’s not really important

but we say the other day some day in the

past this expression is used for so we

can say so the other day I was sitting

at my desk in the office when my manager

came and asked if he could speak to me

dun-dun-dun or so the other day I was

shopping and I ran into my ex-boyfriend

or so the other day I was renting a car

and the former President of the United

States came into the car rental shop

what all right so the other day just

day in the past so I was talking with

and the next one you can use maybe for

gossip sometimes but also you can use

for making plans it’s so I was talking

with someone and bla bla bla so I was

talking with someone means you were

having a conversation at another time

with a person and you want to kind of

report information or share something

from that conversation with the person

listening now

so I might say so I was talking with

Risa and I think that we should plan a

party for this weekend what do you think

so I was talking with my team about this

and I think that we should make some

changes so that’s a very kind of

everyday work situation use of this

phrase but you can also use it for

gossip like so I was talking to my best

friend and I think I’m gonna move or I

was talking to my parents and I think

it’s best if we break up oh so it can be

for plans it can be for gossip it can be

for just any conversation plus a report

what’s up with the next expression is

kind of a little like mysterious then

the expression is what’s up with bla bla

bla usually what’s up with person for

gossip meaning there’s like the nuance

here is there some problem where it

seems like something’s wrong with this

person they’re unhappy they’re sad

they’re angry some kind of negative

emotion we use this so it’s like what’s

up with Stevens I haven’t heard from him

lately what’s up with your brother he

seems really upset or what’s up with

your neighbor why is he so noisy or

what’s up with your boss he’s so strict

so it sounds like there’s some problem

we usually use this intonation what’s up

with what’s up with none to introduce

somebody who has a problem we don’t say

what’s up it’s not that it’s not that

sort of hello expression it’s a it’s an

expression for a problem you can also

use a noun phrase that is not a

in here like what’s up with this new

office policy or what’s up with this new

rule at work or what’s up with this new

item on the menu at this restaurant it’s

super weird so what’s up with wah wah

wah has sort of a negative nuance you

can use it for people to talk about

strange behavior what’s up with you have

you heard from lately the next

expression is have you heard from blah

blah blah lately have you heard from

person lately have you heard from

steven’s lately I haven’t seen him have

you heard from your mom lately have you

heard from your dad lately have you

heard from your brother lately have you

heard from your landlord lately I don’t

know why you hear from your landlord but

have you heard from someone lately there

is sort of enix like a little bit of an

expectation that you are in contact with

the person involved in this sentence

like you have some relationship maybe

it’s a family relationship romantic

relationship professional relationship

there’s some relationship with this

person and lately is like have you heard

from them recently lately in the last

few days in the last few weeks so you

can use this if for example you are

looking for someone or you’re worried

about someone you can use this here you

can also use it just just to check in

about some other person without asking

that person directly so like if I want

to ask about I’m using Risa in my

example Risa is our Japanese Channel

host if I want to ask about how Risa is

but I don’t want to ask Risa I know

maybe she’s busy or I don’t know for

some reason I difficult to talk to her I

can ask like a co-worker I’m gonna say

hey have you heard from recent lately it

seems she’s really busy or have you

heard from so-and-so lately it seems

they’re busy so if I want to ask about

another person but I don’t want to

bother this person or that something

makes it difficult I can use have you

heard from blahblah recently or lately

to ask about them very useful phrase

I have to tell you about next expression

ah the next expression is I have to tell

you about blah blah blah I have to tell

you so have to be comes after I have to

tell you about it has a nice hmmm-hmmm

sound I have to tell you about papa bah

or I have to tell you about something so

I have to tell you about my weekend I

have to tell you about Stephens I have

to tell you about my mom I have to tell

you about my boyfriend I should tell you

about my girlfriend

whatever it is some person used at the

end of this sentence creates a nuance

like there’s exciting news about that

person or I have to tell you about this

thing that happened you can use a

situation at the end of the sentence too

but you’re using I have to at the

beginning of this sentence so that

sounds like it’s really important like I

feel it’s so important it’s my

responsibility to tell you because this

is so exciting of course you can use

this in more boring situations as well

like I have to tell you about the new

office policy you can use it in that way

with a very flat intonation but for

gossip purposes use I have to tell you

about Papapa it sounds really good so

what do you have to tell somebody about

I have to tell you about this new idea I

have for a business or I have to tell

you about what happened to me last night

ok so there are these really exciting

ways that we can introduce things that

happened or that we can talk about

people or whatever okay so those are 10

phrases that you can use for gossip I

hope that those are useful I hope you

don’t gossip too much I don’t really

like to gossip that much but sometimes

it’s a little bit useful so give them a

try if you want to try them out a little

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