10 Phrases for Gossip in English
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back to top words today we’re going to
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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