discussing people behind their backs? how could people do so? what is the linguistic quality of that behavior?
Oh dear.
From a GS POV:
you will be surprised if you will know the real gossip and backbiting people do off of public Gupshup forums - out on IM/emails/MSN etc. etc. :) Some of them actually turn out to be angels here. Such is life. We gotta live with it and avoid as much as possible.