Back to a word of the week. This week's word: GOBSMACKED
"You're most likely to come across this mainly British slang term as the adjective gobsmacked; your gobsmack and another form, gobstruck, are less common.
Gobsmacked combines the northern English and Scottish slang term gob, mouth, with the verb smack. It suggests the speaker is utterly astonished or astounded. It's much stronger than just being surprised; it's used for something that leave you speechless, or otherwise stops you dead in your tracks. It suggests that something is surprising as being suddenly hit in the face." - www.worldwidewords.com
Basically, like the above bit says, the word "gobsmacked" basically means that you find something really incredible and are left speechless by it; it can be positive or negative (when I first heard the word I thought it was "God-smacked", haha).
Example: "He was gobsmacked when he found out he won the lottery."
Thursday, 4 August 2011
Less than a month to go!
Wow, I can't believe the big day is just a few weeks away. Will and I have nearly everything sorted for the wedding and I'm just finishing up some last minute details in the weeks to come. I always thought women made too big of a deal about how much planning goes into a wedding, but it is more than I anticipated! Last weekend we went to Exeter to buy Will's wedding ring, pay for the cake, turn paperwork and fees into the church, pay the reception florists, pay the church florist, and finally pay the reception fee and confirm the menu. I'm having fun designing the wedding program and dinner menus at the moment :)
I can't wait to see everything come together on the day!!
I can't wait to see everything come together on the day!!
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