[stylist] A fun word: Gobsmacked/gobsmacking

[Sherry Gomes]

I love that word. I've read it a lot, and it seems to have become more popular since the Harry Potter books. I read it even in a book or story set in the US.



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Hi Friends,

Thought you would enjoy this as much as I did. It came my way through the Blindstitchers list where I hang out with my knitting friends.

Donna

Definition of gobsmacked in English:

adjective

British informal 

Utterly astonished; astounded.

 

Derivatives

gobsmacking

1

Pronunciation: /-?smakiNG/

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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