word on the wire
word on the wire · word on the wires
The rumour or news going around on the internet, in business, on the street, or in…The rumour or news going around on the internet, in business, on the street, or in social circles.
Meaning
1 senses(dated, idiomatic)The rumour or news going around on the internet, in business, on the street, or in social circles.
Origin
Modeled after word on the street once digital communications via the internet entered theModeled after word on the street once digital communications via the internet entered the daily life of the general public. The phrase might have occurred sporadically earlier, in reference to newswires when wire services were telegraphic (before the internet), but the phrase had no currency before the early consumer-internet era, and it has very little currency since then.
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Forms
plural: word on the wires| Singular | word on the wire |
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