http://www.wordz.in/blog A word a day keeps ignorance at bay!® Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:40:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.wordz.in/blog/2009/07/gobsmacked/ http://www.wordz.in/blog/2009/07/gobsmacked/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:06:39 +0000 admin http://www.wordz.in/blog/?p=75 Gobsmacked – utterly astounded, taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment. To be completely dumbfounded or shocked. It suggests that something is as surprising as being suddenly hit in the face. Gob, originally from Scotland and the north of England, is a dialect and slang term for the mouth.

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