"Gob" being a British term for mouth, apparently, my friends and I are more British than I
realized. Or at least, they are. I moved back and forth between British and
American English for years before I found out there was a difference, and that
many of the words, spellings, syntax, and punctuation I habitually use are
British rather than American. Maybe it's just that I watch too much British
television. Wait, I'm not sure it's
possible
to watch too much British television. At any rate, here are three words you can
add to your vocabulary this week. I challenge you to work them into your normal
daily conversation. As an added challenge, come back and tell us how people
reacted to the words. As usual, I'm getting my definitions from dictionary.com.
Gobsmacked (ˈɡɒbˌsmækt)
--- adj
flabbergasted, astounded, shocked; also written gob-smacked
from gob 'mouth' + smacked 'clapping hand over in surprise'
Defenestrate
[dee-fen-uh-streyt]
–verb (used with object), de·fen·es·trat·ed,
de·fen·es·trat·ing.
to throw (a person or thing) out of a window.
Discombobulate
[dis-kuhm-bob-yuh-leyt]
–verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was
completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; fanciful alteration of discompose or
discomfort
—Related forms
dis·com·bob·u·la·tion, noun
I was gobsmacked when they defenestrated the discombobulated
old man.
~Marie
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