Nobody cheat on this.... I'll know

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Thu May 20, 2010 2:28 pm

So, I'm reading a post the other day and I come across this word that creates a mental image for me. I have no way of knowing whether that mental image is correct or not, unless I head out into cyberland and trust my education to an on-line dictionary or thesaurus.:-2

I've heard it often on this site and I may have even asked what it meant before, but I've never actually looked it up. It's one of those words you just assume with.

Now, I don't want anyone to copy and paste from dictionaries and such. I want to know what you think this word means, or at least what it means to you.....

GOBSMACKED:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Thu May 20, 2010 2:31 pm

Caught by surprise?

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Thu May 20, 2010 2:34 pm

It's quite a regular and common word here in the UK and we take it to mean "made speechless" "totally amazed", usually by the inanity of what was witnessed

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu May 20, 2010 2:36 pm

I think of candy..................

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CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Thu May 20, 2010 2:41 pm

Left speechless...!!

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Thu May 20, 2010 2:51 pm

flopstock;1311368 wrote: So, I'm reading a post the other day and I come across this word that creates a mental image for me. I have no way of knowing whether that mental image is correct or not, unless I head out into cyberland and trust my education to an on-line dictionary or thesaurus.:-2

I've heard it often on this site and I may have even asked what it meant before, but I've never actually looked it up. It's one of those words you just assume with.

Now, I don't want anyone to copy and paste from dictionaries and such. I want to know what you think this word means, or at least what it means to you.....

GOBSMACKED:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
:wah:

A gob is what us Northerners call a mouth.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu May 20, 2010 3:48 pm

where's Nomie, he'll know!:yh_rotfl

dubs · Post by **dubs** » Thu May 20, 2010 4:43 pm

Like Abbey said. Gob is slang for mouth.. And when you clap your hand to your mouth in shock/surprise, you're Gobsmacked!! :p

scholle-kid · Post by **scholle-kid** » Thu May 20, 2010 7:10 pm

My first thought was a bi**h slap or sucker punch .

Post by **spot** » Fri May 21, 2010 2:17 am

It tends to be northern, too. Dahn Sarf it's considered vulgar. One isn't merely gobsmacked, one were invariably reet gobsmacked.

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Fri May 21, 2010 6:02 am

flopstock;1311368 wrote: I want to know what you think this word means, or at least what it means to you.....

GOBSMACKED yh_rotfl yh_rotfl

It is a coarse expression meaning "rendered speechless by surprise".

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Fri May 21, 2010 6:06 am

stunned:eek: