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/Sounds like the English word "bembet" + "EH" (as in "egg") + "oh" (as in "oh")/

Meaning

In Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, neighborhood gossip and idle chatter that travels mouth to mouth, always arriving exaggerated to the last person who hears it.

Examples

Do not pay attention to the neighborhood gossip, half of it is made up.

The office rumor mill is already spinning about what happened in yesterday's meeting.

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