rumormonger

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The S.E.C. nailed its first credit crunch rumormonger today.

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  1. noun One who spreads rumors.
  2. intransitive verb To engage in the spreading of rumors.

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  • The S.E.C. nailed its first credit crunch rumormonger today. —  Floyd Norris
  • Now we know: Yes and no! On the one hand, as both rumormonger David Einhorn and pretty stiletto-wearing former Lehman CFO Erin Callan could tell you, that is how capitalism works. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • Apple did an amazing thing at the WWDC 2009 keynote address, something that no rumormonger or soothsayer predicted. —  About.com Focus on Macs
  • Every rumormonger in Orvieto claimed that Manfred was on the brink of marching out of southern Italy to make the whole peninsula his. —  The Saracen: The Holy War
 

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