The word
"tattle" means to tell on someone or report their secrets or wrongdoings to someone else, often to get them in trouble.
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The downstairs neighbors were very nice and gracious and didn't
tattle on us, although they easily could have, and the security guards just rolled their eyes.»
Like an adult selling someone out at work, many preschoolers
tattle for attention, to exert power or to gain favor from an authority figure, whether it's a teacher or parent.
«I wo
n't tattle on my gay priest if you'll give me absolution for contraception» seems to have been the unspoken deal in many parishes since Humanae Vitae.
16:17 - Anna Soubry (Con, grammatically disabled) says people buy tabloids because they have a weakness for the tittle -
tattle of life and then, oddly enough, «the scum of life».
The pie came out as pictured and while I didn't mention anything about the changes I made, my sister with
tattle tale taste buds commented, «something was off.»
Soon we'll know how many were real and how many were just plain fantasy aimed at keeping gullible consumers of
tittle tattle reading for another five minutes.
You will find
Tattle Logs thrown away for bosses and other once - only enemies.
When Tattle woke this morning, one of the top stories on our non-news feed was that Taylor Swift had kicked boyfriend Calvin Harris to the curb because she caught him going to a Thai massage parlor.
The Tories, having looked for an angle to hit back at Miliband, linked his union comments, the pasty incident, and Westminster tittle -
tattle about his alleged arrogance and indifference to more junior members as evidence of elitism and snobbery.
Most parents who have more than one child will sooner or later find one
child tattling on the other.
From tattling on other players for fighting back to accusing doctors of contributing to a loss, these guys really know how to deflect the blame and do everything possible to get other people in trouble for the sake of a competitive edge.
As annoying
as tattling can be, one milestone that kids this age haven't reached yet is conflict resolution, so telling on a friend is the alternative.
Much of their content will be ephemeral fluff: personal gripes and tittle -
tattle interesting to no one but the parties concerned.
For example, the talkative
kid tattle - tailing about another for talking!
As the teacher's pet, Samantha would put in a good word for the classmates she liked
while tattling on the classmates she didn't like.
Find out more about the physical, social and emotional, and speech and language developmental milestones to expect from older kids, and get great expert advice on tackling the tough topics, dealing with discipline, ending the bedtime battles, and solving behavior problems
like tattling, teasing, and talking back.
With mandatory water restrictions come water cops and drought shaming — what some
call tattling on wasteful neighbors.
The hate of the brothers is inspired by Joseph's
tattling propensities and the favoritism of the father Jacob according to J (vv.
but its really lazy and sensationalist journalism to just point out that Bisping said a bad word like some sort of grade
school tattle tale.
But beyond the stuff that we all know is fake news, the
transfer tattle and whatnot, is the stuff that doesn't get reported.
Ask any parent of a preschooler and the chances are good that
tattling tops the list.
The ability to scoot away fast and slip off quietly without the grating sound of the
trainers tattling.
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Another effective way to
discourage tattling is by giving your child some tools to help him learn how to solve some problems on his own.
To some degree, we want to know when Jessica is smearing Vaseline all over the nursery walls so when her
brother tattles on her, it helps us stop the problem before it gets (too) out of hand.
Teachers should be on your team to HELP your child, not
just tattle to you about his behavior.
PC Tattle provides parents effective supports of checking their children online activities.
Tattling crops up as kids start to learn about rules but are not able to distinguish between major rule - breaking and minor infractions.
It's the
pointless tattling that gets under mom's nerves because it most likely distracted her from a really important chore that she was finally getting some time to get done.
But these similarities are as tittle
tattle compared to the fact that as prime minister both faced the same governing challenge, the same kernel of the same problem: how to govern a country that some said had become ungovernable.
Murdoch gets angry when Jay says NOTW did «salacious
title tattle».
No one in this
administration tattles and lives to tell the tale, so it can be taken on faith he is speaking because the governor has told him to.
When young children see a peer cause harm, they
often tattle to a caregiver.
NASA visitors boldly go; Italian cyclist booted for doping;
Tattoos tattle on problem prisoners; Solar - powered racing cars; Grunting fish; and more...
Of course, you can also listen to my Tea &
Tattle interview with Dominique for some capsule wardrobe inspiration as well.
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Greg's older brother Rodrick (Devon Bostick) just sees it as a get - rich - quick - scheme where all he has to do is bully Greg into
never tattling on him.