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• n  someone who gossips indiscreetly

• Too much like "tattletale," says Cooper.
• Sinatra filed a $2 million lawsuit in 1983 against Kelley, author of the tattletale biography Jackie Oh!, even before she had begun writing this book.
• Thus, according to this slovenly written tattletale, began one of the most famous of America's celebrity unions.

• tattler
• taleteller
• talebearer
• telltale
• blabbermouth

News & Articles

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• Your Office Coach: Seeking 'tattletale' could backfire
  I recently made the mistake of including an inappropriate person on a group email. Someone tattled about this to my boss, who sternly warned me to never do it again. I'm not sure who the tattletale was, but I suspect three people. Two of the suspects are my co-workers, and the third is a manager on my boss's level.
  June 16, 2013 - The Biloxi Sun Herald
• Office Coach: Don't waste time seeking tattletale
  Q: I recently made the mistake of including an inappropriate person on a group email. Someone tattled about this to my boss, who sternly warned me to never do it again. I'm not sure who the tattletale was, but I suspect three people. Two of the suspects are my co-workers, and the third is a manager on my boss's level.
  June 12, 2013 - Arizona Daily Star

Quotes

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• Al Capone in Telegraph.co.uk
  A spokesman for the site, who calls himself Anthony Capone, said: "Everybody has a choice in life about what they want to do for a living. Nobody likes a tattletale."
• Jimmy Kimmel in New York Times (blog)
  That's a sucker punch right there,Mr. Kimmel said. "He's a tattletale. Oprah and I had a wonderful relationship and now it's ruined because of Jay."
• Craig Conroy in Globe and Mail
  No one likes a tattletale,Conroy said of Burrows.