Ah, I like your answer 42. Shkoyach! I don’t know if l’maiseh it can be classaified as exact Lashon hara but it sure is avak and bad habit for real life as well as other issurim possibly involved and I think it is important that we all realize when we tease eachother that we should be careful even though we dont really know eachother (at least mostly… and those who do know who they are and it may be an issur causing them to be mekabel a LH that they read!)
Interesting thought… happened to many in here Im sure- You get a call about information for a boy or girl regarding a shidduch. You know some not good things or potential negatives (although not outright dangerous to the marriage) and you are asked about this person. You dont want to lie, you don’t want to tell the truth necessarily, and if you say I’ll have to call you back because I have to find out if I can tell you that- it will be obvious you have something bad to say… what would you think the proper thing to do is?
(By the way I really think we should use this forum to bring up real life scenarios that we get into on the spot and see how every one would react and the proper reaction!)