scuttlebutt
(countable, nautical) Originally (now, chiefly, historical), a cask with a hole cut into its top, used to provide drinking water on board a ship; now (by extension, informal), a drinking fountain on a
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Scuttlebutt says Admiral Anderson was completely egomaniacal. So Shepard evolved in an unanticipated direction.
I have heard some scuttlebutt about the whole industry mixing audio not for dynamic range anymore but solely for top and bottom end because people only listen to music through phone speakers & awful dubious earbuds. H…
According to the Pod Save guys, the scuttlebutt in party circles is that Ken Martin recruited a friend to do the DNC autopsy. This guy then did such a poor job on the report that Martin realized they couldn't publicly…
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(countable, nautical) Originally (now, chiefly, historical), a cask with a hole cut into its top, used to provide drinking water on board a ship; now (by extension, informal), a drinking fountain on a modern ship.
“Scuttlebutt says Admiral Anderson was completely egomaniacal. So Shepard evolved in an unanticipated direction.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I have heard some scuttlebutt about the whole industry mixing audio not for dynamic range anymore but solely for top and bottom end because people only listen to music through phone speakers & awful dubious earbuds. Hardware incapable of outputting mid-tones.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(uncountable, originally, US, nautical, _, slang) Gossip, idle chatter; also, rumour.
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(transitive, rare) To spread (information) by way of gossip or rumour.
“According to the Pod Save guys, the scuttlebutt in party circles is that Ken Martin recruited a friend to do the DNC autopsy. This guy then did such a poor job on the report that Martin realized they couldn't publicly release it, thus the cover-up youtu.be/xew2MDRYNEA?...”
The Pentagon rumor factory hasn't been very busy lately, but some reports are being scuttlebutted about that the U.S. military chiefs are being downgraded in the pecking order and that their military advice has been bypassed or ignored b…
“According to the Pod Save guys, the scuttlebutt in party circles is that Ken Martin recruited a friend to do the DNC autopsy. This guy then did such a poor job on the report that Martin realized they couldn't publicly release it, thus the cover-up youtu.be/xew2MDRYNEA?...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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