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/Sounds like "RAH" (as in "rapper") + "dyoh" + "BEHM" (as in "bed") + "bah" (as in "bar")/

Meaning

Gossip that travels by word of mouth in Venezuela, the informal network where news spreads without anyone officially confirming it. The neighborhood grapevine.

Examples

I heard through the grapevine that they are moving.

Thanks to the rumor mill the whole neighborhood already knows what happened.

Regional synonyms

A blabbermouth, someone who can't keep a secret to save their life or who talks way too much without thinking. In Spain, bocazas is that friend you never tell anything important because by morning the whole neighborhood knows. Harmless but absolutely unreliable with information.