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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: gobsmacked #58010 02/25/02 03:09 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 144 London, UK R rkay member rkay member R Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 144 London, UK While 'gobsmacked' is definitely recent, my Collins dictionary refers to 'gob' as being a C16 word, possibly from Gaelic. I wonder when the two first got combined?? (in common usage rather than in print) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted gobsmacked tsuwm 02/20/02 06:22 PM Re: gobsmacked hev 02/20/02 10:27 PM Re: gobsmacked OrionsBelt~ 02/20/02 11:24 PM Re: gobsmacked tsuwm 02/21/02 06:21 PM Re: gobsmacked rkay 02/21/02 10:11 PM Don't mention the war .. I mean, food! hev 02/21/02 10:29 PM Re: Don't mention the war .. I mean, food! belligerentyouth 02/21/02 11:06 PM Re: Don't mention the war .. I mean, food! hev 02/21/02 11:47 PM Re: Don't mention the war .. I mean, food! of troy 02/21/02 11:20 PM Chef Kay and Ichthyophagy belligerentyouth 02/21/02 10:51 PM Re: Chef Kay and Ichthyophagy rkay 02/21/02 11:08 PM gobbledygook belligerentyouth 02/21/02 11:23 PM Re: gobbledygook Keiva 02/21/02 11:36 PM Re: gobbledygook rkay 02/22/02 10:36 PM Re: gobsmacked - origins jmh 02/23/02 11:54 PM Re: gobsmacked Jazzoctopus 02/21/02 12:30 AM Re: gobsmacked Wordwind 02/21/02 10:30 AM Re: gobsmacked ladymoon 02/24/02 05:10 AM Re: gobsmacked Capital Kiwi 02/24/02 05:25 AM Re: gobsmacked ladymoon 02/24/02 05:59 AM Re: gobsmacked Wordwind 02/24/02 11:22 AM Re: gobsmacked tsuwm 02/24/02 03:40 PM Re: Fish! AnnaStrophic 02/24/02 08:48 PM Re: gobsmacked jmh 02/25/02 08:59 AM Re: gobsmacked tsuwm 02/25/02 02:17 PM Not a chickie-poo Jackie 02/25/02 03:46 PM Re: Not a chickie-poo Keiva 02/25/02 04:25 PM Re: gobsmacked wow 02/24/02 02:50 PM Great Lemon Gobs Smacked... Jackie 02/23/02 01:13 AM Re: Great Lemon Gobs Smacked... WhitmanO'Neill 02/23/02 01:50 AM Re: gobdaw Anonymous 02/23/02 05:38 PM Re: gobdaw Rubrick 02/25/02 03:47 PM Re: gobsmacked rkay 02/25/02 03:09 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,372 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 381 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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