rumusculus

rūmuscŭlus, i, m. dim. [rumor], idle talk, common gossip (perh. only in the two foll. passages):

qui imperitorum hominum rumusculos aucupati,

Cic. Clu. 38, 105:

L. Cassio omnes rumusculos populari ratione aucupante,

id. Leg. 3, 16, 35.