I don't have much to offer today,I got side tracked visiting with a friend while I was out for a walk,with that in mind let me present...How the word "scuttlebutt" came to mean gossip or rumor. Scuttlebutt is derived from a nautical term for the cask that held water (the butt) and to scuttle was to make a hole,whether in the cask or a ship. Even back in the early day of sailing the crew would gather at the scuttlebutt for a drink of water and exchange gossip,much like the modern day water cooler. Now you know the scuttlebutt on scuttlebutt!
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