Private Eye is often seen as specialising in scurrilous gossip and scandal about the misdeeds of the powerful and famous, and has received numerous libel writs.

Wonderful scurrilous gossip Marina.

The simple fact was that the people loved scurrilous gossip; and the more shocking and the higher placed the people involved, the more the public liked it.

I expect he has his own opinion and considers the opposing one scurrilous gossip.

Milton used scurrilous gossip against Morus; scholars have decided that his sources of scandal were at least reasonably accurate.

Mr. Giroux writes plainly that he wants to redeem Taylor's reputation from scurrilous gossip.

"Did you notice what her husband . . ." She was a scurrilous gossip, and a merciless mimic.

Spanning several generations of schools and styles, her own recollections are a fascinating mix of knowledgeable anecdote and scurrilous gossip.

Condliffe had no doubt gambled on the magazine being scuppered by its reputation for scurrilous gossip.

Hack writers publish scurrilous gossip.