The Halitosis of the Mind

I actually find this definition for gossip very funny.  It's the best description I encountered so far.   The author's unknown.  What a pity.

But the world seems so interested about everybody's business which is none of anybody's business.  A case at point when the mind is idle or full of crap. And everybody is guilty.  But to admit that one is guilty is another story.  Some are in defense that they do not indulge themselves in gossips but are truly the firsts to divulge any secret to anyone available.  It seems like to be the first to hand over these secrets will put a star on the shoulder.

What some invent, everybody enlarge, said Jonathan Swift.  And it is a lesson to learn.   It is better to indulge in exercises of the mind than in the exercises of the tongue.