From its delightful pronunciation to its etymology, this word provides a lot of fodder for amusement. Its use in slang is "gossip" or "rumor." For example, someone may ask, "What's the scuttlebutt?" Its technical definiticon, though, is "a drinking fountain on a ship" or perhaps "a cask on a ship for the day's supply of drinking water." Given the cliché about office gossip being exchanged around the water cooler, the slang seems rather apt.
Source: AHD
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