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mauvaise langue

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Borrowed from French mauvaise langue.

noun mauvaises langues

  1. uncountable A tendency to gossip.
  2. countable A gossip; a scandalmonger.

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"mauvaise langue." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mauvaise%20langue. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"mauvaise langue." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mauvaise%20langue.

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@misc{mauvaise_langue_2026,
  title = {mauvaise langue},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mauvaise%20langue},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}