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Word: pepysians (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...myriad back-nipping, back-fence, kitchen-table, men's-room exchanges all over the world, the low animated buzz of dirt-dishing that emanates from the globe-is the kind of gossip that may perform a kind of social mission. Microgossip keeps tumbling in like the surf, a Pepysian lounge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Morals of Gossip | 10/26/1981 | See Source »

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