lashon hara

Alternative Spellings

loshn hore, loshon hora, lashon hora, leshon hara, l'shon hara

Definitions

• "gossip" (lit. "evil tongue") (JPS)

Example Sentences

• "I would tell you, but I don't want to speak lashon hara."

Who Uses This

Jews, Religious

Languages of Origin

Textual Hebrew

Dictionaries

JPS, Yiddish

Notes

More common among Orthodox Jews.