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Brits also say "gutted", meaning upset or disappointed. They have several interesting ways of saying things.
I can't think of an Americanism that's quite as colorful as gobsmacked, but it's one of those words that you know immediately what it means, even if you've never heard it before. It's almost onomonopeic (is that a word??).
Brits also say "gutted", meaning upset or disappointed. They have several interesting ways of saying things.
I can't think of an Americanism that's quite as colorful as gobsmacked, but it's one of those words that you know immediately what it means, even if you've never heard it before. It's almost onomonopeic (is that a word??).
Today I thought of bumfuzzle which is a colloquialism for confusion, or fluster. It does not mean what gobsmack means, but it is a great word for conveying being confused. And you don’t have to wonder what it neans, even if you are hearing it used for the first time.
I see this word in British writing, but seldom see it in American. I don’t think I’ve ever heard it said out loud. Gob is mouth I think? So the literal meaning is smacked in the mouth ? But I think the word is used to mean utterly surprised.
What is an equally colorful Americanism for being utterly surprised?
Astonished, surprised, shocked—sure. Don’t we have a more colorful colloquialism though?
My father (who lived his entire life in New Jersey) used to say with a fake drawl when he heard something he didn't know before, "Well, dip me in horse$#!+ and roll me in oats."
I have a friend whose favorite color is Carl. (Coral.)
Haha. I got a good chuckle out of that one. Wasn't there a time when kids were taught to spell phonetically? Maybe things like this are the result such teaching methods.
I've heard that schools no longer (maybe it's changed back now) teach cursive writing. If that's true, how are they going to do their own signature?
Haha. I got a good chuckle out of that one. Wasn't there a time when kids were taught to spell phonetically? Maybe things like this are the result such teaching methods.
I've heard that schools no longer (maybe it's changed back now) teach cursive writing. If that's true, how are they going to do their own signature?
Probably won't need signatures much longer. Everything will be electronic.
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