- chatter: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
- informer: one who reveals confidential information in return for money
- The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge is a collection of science fiction short stories by Vernor Vinge. The stories were first published from 1966 to 2001, and the book contains all of Vinge's published short stories from that period except "True Names" and "Grimm's Story".
- A person who blabs; a tattler; a telltale; to run one's mouth in such a way as to (inadvertently/unintentionally) spoil a surprise