jungle telegraph

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jungle telegraph

An informal means of communication or information, especially gossip. Used most commonly in the phrase "hear (something) on the jungle telegraph." (Analogous to "hear (something) through the grapevine.") Primarily heard in UK. I heard on the jungle telegraph that Stacy and Mark are getting a divorce! A: "How do you know the company is going bust?" B: "I heard it on the jungle telegraph."

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Koray	-	Turkish
Susie	['su:zi]
Lakshman	-	Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi
Raisa (3)	-	Arabic
ZİYaeddİN	-	Turkish
Barbara	BAHR-bər-ə (English), BAHR-brə (English), BAHR-bah-rah (German), bahr-BAH-rah (Polish)	English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian,