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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: gobsmacked #58010 02/25/2002 3:09 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 144 London, UK rkay member rkay member 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 Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted gobsmacked tsuwm 02/20/2002 6:22 PM Re: gobsmacked hev 02/20/2002 10:27 PM Re: gobsmacked OrionsBelt~ 02/20/2002 11:24 PM Re: gobsmacked tsuwm 02/21/2002 6:21 PM Re: gobsmacked rkay 02/21/2002 10:11 PM Don't mention the war .. I mean, food! hev 02/21/2002 10:29 PM Re: Don't mention the war .. I mean, food! belligerentyouth 02/21/2002 11:06 PM Re: Don't mention the war .. I mean, food! hev 02/21/2002 11:47 PM Re: Don't mention the war .. I mean, food! of troy 02/21/2002 11:20 PM Chef Kay and Ichthyophagy belligerentyouth 02/21/2002 10:51 PM Re: Chef Kay and Ichthyophagy rkay 02/21/2002 11:08 PM gobbledygook belligerentyouth 02/21/2002 11:23 PM Re: gobbledygook Keiva 02/21/2002 11:36 PM Re: gobbledygook rkay 02/22/2002 10:36 PM Re: gobsmacked - origins jmh 02/23/2002 11:54 PM Re: gobsmacked Jazzoctopus 02/21/2002 12:30 AM Re: gobsmacked Wordwind 02/21/2002 10:30 AM Re: gobsmacked ladymoon 02/24/2002 5:10 AM Re: gobsmacked Capital Kiwi 02/24/2002 5:25 AM Re: gobsmacked ladymoon 02/24/2002 5:59 AM Re: gobsmacked Wordwind 02/24/2002 11:22 AM Re: gobsmacked tsuwm 02/24/2002 3:40 PM Re: Fish! AnnaStrophic 02/24/2002 8:48 PM Re: gobsmacked jmh 02/25/2002 8:59 AM Re: gobsmacked tsuwm 02/25/2002 2:17 PM Not a chickie-poo Jackie 02/25/2002 3:46 PM Re: Not a chickie-poo Keiva 02/25/2002 4:25 PM Re: gobsmacked wow 02/24/2002 2:50 PM Great Lemon Gobs Smacked... Jackie 02/23/2002 1:13 AM Re: Great Lemon Gobs Smacked... WhitmanO'Neill 02/23/2002 1:50 AM Re: gobdaw Anonymous 02/23/2002 5:38 PM Re: gobdaw Rubrick 02/25/2002 3:47 PM Re: gobsmacked rkay 02/25/2002 3:09 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,310 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,158 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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