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Podcast: Word of the Day
Episode: Bruit
Description: Bruit is a verb that means to spread a rumor or report.
Our word of the day comes from Middle English, meaning ‘noise.’ More recently It has come to mean spreading information, be the information true or false. Here’s an example:
Around the office, people began to bruit reports of what happened at the new year’s eve party. But I can attest that the rumors were all false.