Rumors. . Rumors. . .

Rumor an assertion or set of assertions widely repeated though its truth is unconfirmed by facts or evidence. Based on my research.

"A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths," based on what i read in an ancient Chinese proverb. In the original Latin, "rumor" was a synonym for "noise." Rumors, gossip and hearsay have long been regarded — and derided — as forms of idle, destructive chatter. Though unreliable by their very nature, rumors can prove to be true, however. "Rumor is not always wrong," noted Tacitus, the Roman historian. The crux of the matter isn't truth value per se, but the absence of verification.

While they are similar in that and other respects to urban legends — indeed, on occasion it's difficult to tell the two genres of folklore apart — rumors differ from legends in that they're shorter-lived and aren't typically passed along in narrative form. ("A legend is an actual story of doubtful truth," notes folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand, "whereas a rumor is just an unverified report.")

A given rumor may be either spontaneous or premeditated in origin. It may consist of opinion represented as fact, a nugget of truth garbled or misrepresented to the point of falsehood, half-truths exaggerated or outright, intentional lies.

Di ko maintindihan point ng isang tao bakit siya nag gagawa ng tsismis? insecurity? for what reason? why?

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