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"gobsmacked"

Etymology

As if smacked ‎(“hit”) in the gob ‎(“mouth (Irish / Scottish gaelic)”).

Attested since 1959, from Northern English dialect, particularly Liverpool, popularized via television

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Also like:

gob·smacked.

[ˈgäbˌsmakt]

ADJECTIVE.

1.BRIT.

informal

utterly astonished; astounded.

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