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What (who) is bush telegraph - definition

SOCIOLOGY TERM FOR GOSSIP
Bush telegraph

bush telegraph         
AUSTRALIAN RADIO PROGRAM
Bush telegraph
¦ noun a rapid informal network by which information or gossip is spread.
Grapevine (gossip)         
To hear something through the grapevine or on the grapevine is to learn about something via an informal source or hearsay, from another person; it may refer to an overheard conversation or anonymous sources of information. An Australian term used in rural Australia for the spreading of news or gossip through informal networks is the bush telegraph.
Bush (beer)         
BEER OF BELGIUM (WALLONIA)
User:Barbec/Bush (beer); Bush (Dubuisson)
Bush is a Belgian beer. There are a few types of Bush but the most famous is the high-fermentation amber beer with a strong taste of malt.

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Grapevine (gossip)

To hear something through the grapevine or on the grapevine is to learn about something via an informal source or hearsay, from another person; it may refer to an overheard conversation or anonymous sources of information. The origin of the term and phrase has been traced back to the American South.

Examples of use of bush telegraph
1. For every bulletin of good news, the bush telegraph brought bad.
2. Typically, the Fleet Street bush telegraph was abuzz with the news just minutes later.
3. A hysterical Dickinson screamed "Get it, get it, get it" before Brown scooped it into a glass and took it to the Bush Telegraph.
4. Booker favourite with the confidence to do things in his own way and time Claire Armitstead Friday August 18, 2006 The Guardian In the spring of 1''' the bush telegraph of the literary world began to hum.
5. Anna Ryder Richardson confessed to the Bush Telegraph: "Rodney is just not happy and you just have to be careful because at any moment it could come your way.