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latrine rumor

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latrine rumor

(ləˈtrin ˈrumɚ)

n. any rumor, especially one that is alleged to spread at the latrine [general toilet facilities]. (see also furphy, scuttlebutt.) Somebody started spreading a latrine rumor about the colonel’s wife.

See also: latrine, rumor