[stylist] A fun word: Gobsmacked/gobsmacking

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Donna

Definition of gobsmacked in English:

adjective

British informal 

Utterly astonished; astounded.

　

Derivatives

gobsmacking

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Pronunciation: /-ˌsmakiNG/

adjective

　

Origin

1980s: from gob1 + smack1, with reference to being shocked by a blow to the mouth, or to clapping a hand to one's mouth in astonishment.

　

 

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