Well, I knew the meaning of gobsmacked... I was just looking for anything
remotely resembling reason behind the phrase....
-----Original Message-----
From: b-evans@earthlink.net [mailto:b-evans@earthlink.net]
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 10:09 PM
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: "Gobsmacked"...
Wm. Severin Thompson wrote:
>While you're at it, Guy, can you explain the origin of one of my
favorites... "gobsmacked"?
>
Winston Churchill, George Bernard Shaw, and Bertrand Russell have all
been credited with saying that England and America are two great nations
separated only by a common language. You can add to "fanny", "fag", and
"pants" the term "knackered", for it is something that we have all
experienced. ("Knackered" is to be beat, wiped out, tired, exhausted,
etc.)
Buster Evans
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