1) Account 2) Comment 3) Gossip 4) Gossippy report 5) Juicy dirt 6) Report 7) Rumor 1) Buzz 2) Dirt 3) Earful 4) Gossip 5) Grapevine 6) Hearsay 7) Info 8) Lowdown 9) Pipeline 10) Rumor 11) Rumour 12) Scandal 13) Talk 14) Word on the street 
Scuttlebutt in slang usage means rumor or gossip, deriving from the nautical term for the cask used to serve water (or, later, a water fountain). The term corresponds to the colloquial concept of a water cooler in an office setting, which at times becomes the focus of congregation and casual discussion. Water for immediate consumption on a sailing...
cask of drinking water aboard a ship; rumour, idle gossip
cask of drinking water aboard a ship; rumour, idle gossip
A term used to describe gossip, but originally the drinking fountain on a ship. (Around the water cooler, pirate style).
Scuttlebutt is American slang for rumour or gossip.
A barrel with a hole in used to hold water that sailors would drink from. Also: gossip.
noun a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; `the divorce caused much gossip`