# gup

Pronunciation: US say "GUP" /ɡʌp/; UK

## Noun

1. Idle gossip or rumor; nonsensical, silly talk amounting to little more than blather. *(colloquial, India)*
   - Simple: Silly or gossipy talk that has little truth or sense to it.
   - _Half of what she heard at the market was just gup, repeated and exaggerated._
   - _The newspaper printed nothing but gup about the actor's private life._
2. The elected head of a gewog, a block-level administrative district, in Bhutan.
   - Simple: An elected leader in charge of a small local district in Bhutan.
   - _The newly elected gup pledged to improve irrigation across the valley._
   - _Each gup represents their community at the district development meetings._

## Origin

**Meaning 1** — From Hindi गप (gap), meaning "gossip" or "idle talk."
**Meaning 2** — Borrowed from Dzongkha རྒེད་པོ (rged po, "gup").

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