talk of the town

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

talk of the town
    n 1: idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you
         lately" [syn: {talk}, {talk of the town}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

42 Moby Thesaurus words for "talk of the town":
      acclaim, bruit, buzz, canard, celebrity, character, common talk,
      cry, eclat, fame, famousness, figure, flying rumor, glory,
      grapevine, hearsay, idea afloat, kudos, latrine rumor, name,
      news stirring, notoriety, notoriousness, on-dit, popularity,
      publicity, reclame, recognition, renown, report, reputation,
      repute, roorback, rumble, rumor, scuttlebutt, talk,
      the bubble reputation, town talk, unconfirmed report, vogue,
      whisper