So what M&C does is grooming?

If gossip is hygeine, I am squeaky clean.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/16/science/16goss.html?th&emc=th

Also, according to the article, "people devote anywhere from a fifth to two-thirds or more of their daily conversation to gossip." I now feel less bad about what I do with my day.

Go, science!