talk of the town

2 definitions found

talk of the town - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  talk of the town
      n 1: idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you
           lately" [syn: talk, talk of the town]

talk of the town - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "talk of the town":
     acclaim, bruit, buzz, canard, celebrity, character, common talk,
     cry, eclat, fame, famousness, figure, flying rumor, glory,
     grapevine, hearsay, idea afloat, kudos, latrine rumor, name,
     news stirring, notoriety, notoriousness, on-dit, popularity,
     publicity, reclame, recognition, renown, report, reputation,
     repute, roorback, rumble, rumor, scuttlebutt, talk,
     the bubble reputation, town talk, unconfirmed report, vogue,
     whisper