GOSSAMER

[noun] [U] - the very thin thread that spiders produce to make websIn the early morning the lawn was covered with gossamer (threads).(figurative) The bride wore a delicate gossamer veil (= one made of very delicate, light cloth). gossip [noun] - (an) informal talk, or (a) talk about other people's private lives which is usually unkind, disapproving or not trueI always used to enjoy our gossips over the garden fence. [C]Her letter was full of gossip. [U]Jane and Lyn sat in the kitchen having a good gossip about their friends. [C]All this talk that she's going to leave her husband is just gossip. [U]I don't like all this idle gossip. [U]I've got some juicy gossip for you. [U]Have you heard the (latest) gossip (= what is being said about someone)? [U]A gossip is also someone who enjoys talking about other people's private lives.She's a real gossip.I love reading the gossip columns (= the parts of newspapers in which the private lives of famous people are written about).Has that old gossip-monger (= a person who talks a lot about other people's private lives) been talking about me again?