Maybe the local gossip that was going at the time.
Just local gossip, what her old school friends were up to, that sort of thing.
"This is all local political gossip that has no effect, legal or otherwise, on the bank."
And she was about to turn the local gossips upon their ears.
Unfortunately, my best source of local gossip wasn't speaking to me at the moment.
They contain nothing but local gossip and news of his children.
"You seem to have got hold of all the local gossip."
We may chance to come upon some useful local gossip in the process.
I have better things to do than to keep up on the local gossip.
With little else to do, the lizards are likely to know a good deal of local gossip.