2. Have you ever tried to
gossip? It’s quite
familiar to some,
especially to
teenagers. It’s an act of
talking negative things
to others behind their
backs. It’s obviously
not a good thing
because it may lead to
arguments and fights
that could break
relationships.
3. According to Cambridge Dictionary they define gossip as
"conversation or reports about other people's private lives
which might be unkind, disapproving or not true.”1
4. “Statistics shows that about 55% of male and 67% of
female are using and practicing gossiping.”2
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2. iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/fall04/Fernandez/stats.hml.
5. Gossiping leave
people feeling hurt
and break people
down mentally, it
also destroy
friendships,
marriages, business
and lead to murder
or separating.
Unrestrained
gossiping destroys
everything.
6. Gossip brings hindrance. In religious opinion “they
prohibit both speaking and listening to gossip because
gossip is a sin even if what is stated is true, and when
find guilty, it equals to murder.” 3
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3. Radian, Neuron. Gossip Disadvantages, Retrieved August 2,2014 http://en.wikipedia.org .
7. “Why gossiping makes
us feel better to talk
about someone else,
especially their
shortcomings,
embarrassments,
or misfortunes?”4
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4. Lizzy. (August 2006). Gossip. Retrieved August 2, 2014, http://www.writework.com/plans.
8. “We feel insecure and we don’t want to face it,
we rather focus on someone else’s tragedies because in
comparison, our life is a cake walk.” 5
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5. Wolf, Linda. (July 28, 2010). Five Benefits of Giving Up Gossip. Retrieved August 2, 2014,
http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/5-benefits-of-giving-up- gossip/#IgwIHvPS1wvYebqI.99.
9. “Isn't it kind of silly
to think that tearing
someone else down
builds us up?”6
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6. Covey, Sean. (March 3, 2003). The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens. Retrieved August 2,
2014http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/769132.
10. Therefore we should minimize
and change our habit in
gossiping for us to have a better
life and to help those people that
we caused problems.
11. References
1. Owolabi, Temitope Adenike. (2013). FOUR SEVERE DISADVANTAGES OF TALKING
TOO MUCH. Retrieved August 2, 2014, http://seapublication.wordpress.com/2013/10/08/four-
severe-disadvantages-of-talking-too-much.
2. . iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/fall04/Fernandez/stats.hml.
3. Radian, Neuron. Gossip Disadvantages, Retrieved August 2,2014 http://en.wikipedia.org .
4. Lizzy. (August 2006). Gossip. Retrieved August 2, 2014, http://www.writework.com/plans.
5. Wolf, Linda. (July 28, 2010). Five Benefits of Giving Up Gossip. Retrieved August 2, 2014,
http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/5-benefits-of-giving-up-gossip/#IgwIHvPS1wvYebqI.99.
6. Covey, Sean. (March 3, 2003). The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens. Retrieved August 2,
2014http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/769132.