A piece of false, slanderous and/or mean-spirited story that somebody tells about someone else. These stories are usually told because the victim of the rumor is smarter, more
popular, wealthier, more successful, harder working, or nicer than the person who is spreading the rumor.Said rumor spreader often spreads remors becuase he has become
jealous and wants to
hurt the person who he is spreading a rumor about.
After John Doe publicly embarrased
Matt Snuffy by defeating him in the student
government election,
Matt tried to avenge his defeat by spreading a rumor that John Doe was a stalker.