Gobsmacked - English Slang! #shorts


I was listening to the New York Times podcast this morning, and I was gobsmacked when I heard one of the presenters say she was gobsmacked. If you are gobsmacked, it means you are so surprised that you cannot speak. It's a slang word, and for me, it's a word I associate with British English. Here are a couple of examples to show you how it's used: She was gobsmacked when she found out she won the lottery. We were gobsmacked by the huge increase in our electricity bill this month. I shall first drink a toast to Virginia Baransky, who would have been gobsmacked that her daughter became a doctor. In these examples, gobsmacked means to be stunned or extremely surprised. For me, it's originally a British slang word, but it's clearly pretty mainstream now in the U.S. also. I hope that helps. Thanks for watching. See you next time. https://organicenglish.club/resources ❖ Support the channel HERE 👋🏽: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/organicenglish More from Organic English: Organic English Website: http://bit.ly/Organic-Web On Facebook: http://bit.ly/Organic-Facebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/Organic-Insta SUBSCRIBE ➡️ http://bit.ly/Subscribe2OrganicEnglish #English #LearnEnglish #EnglishLanguage #IELTS #TOEFL #ESL #gobsmacked #slangwords #surprise #BritishEnglish #language #linguisticexploration #mainstream #podcast #NewYorkTimes #surprisingexpressions

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