WHISPERHOOD
\wˈɪspəhˌʊd], \wˈɪspəhˌʊd], \w_ˈɪ_s_p_ə_h_ˌʊ_d]\
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The state of being a whisper: the initial condition of a rumor, that is, the time when it was only whispered or insinuated. "I know a lie, that now disturbed half the kingdom with its noise, which although too proud and great at present to own its parents, I can remember its whisperhood."-Swift.
By Daniel Lyons