I've been a bit bewildered of late as I've seen folks use the word "shipper" and "ship" in ways that didn't make sense. Turns out that these folks were speaking of others relationships and dropping the relation part of the word. Then they describe themselves (or maybe it's others calling these folks that) as "shippers."

Real shippers ship things. Move stuff. Shift materiel. Convey items. Haul cargo. Those folks yapping about relationships are not shippers in any sense of the word, as the only thing they move is their mouths. There is a word that does describe those who endlessly prattle on about others relationships, and the name accurately describes what they do. So what are they? They are gossips.

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