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word on the street 

information or gossip derived from sources outside mainstream society, usually judged as more reliable by the criminal underclass and mafiosi/gangster-types.
Carlo Bartolucci: That phone call I got, it came from outside high walls and fancy gates; it comes from a place you know about maybe from the movies. But I come from out there, and everybody out there knows, everybody lies: cops lie, newspapers lie, parent's lyin'. The one thing you can count on - word on the street... yeah, that's solid.

Word on the screen 

The equivalent of “word on the street” but, a rumor or piece of information currently being circulated on the internet.
Word on the screen is, Obama is demanding to see Trump’s elementary school diploma.

word on the street 

1. A convenient way of spreading a rumor, by placing it before your own opinion.
2. A convenient way of labeling a common truth.
1. Yo dawg. Word on the street is you got da clap.

2.Zack: Yo Pauline! Waas da word on da street?

Pauline: Respect!

Zack: Damn right!

whats the word on the streets? 

jimmy asked frank "whats the word on the streets?"

"Dan loves the cock" he said.

word on the streets 

"I guess I shoulda included that above....guess I wasn't thinking. -_-' it happens."
-me
word on the streets by Dave February 25, 2004