gobsmackingly
(slang, UK, Irish, Commonwealth) Astonishingly; amazingly.
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It isn't the fact that his argument is gobsmackingly pathetic, it's that he knows half this country won't be able to dispute his "logic." Pretending the South has cleaned up its act is just more of the same morally ba…
To be clear, Trump's gift to the world resulting from his illegal, unnecessary war with Iran is gobsmackingly high fuel prices, when fuel can be had.
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(slang, UK, Irish, Commonwealth) Astonishingly; amazingly.
“It isn't the fact that his argument is gobsmackingly pathetic, it's that he knows half this country won't be able to dispute his "logic." Pretending the South has cleaned up its act is just more of the same morally bankrupt "logic." Ol' John turned out to be one racist prick.”
“To be clear, Trump's gift to the world resulting from his illegal, unnecessary war with Iran is gobsmackingly high fuel prices, when fuel can be had.”
“It isn't the fact that his argument is gobsmackingly pathetic, it's that he knows half this country won't be able to dispute his "logic." Pretending the South has cleaned up its act is just more of the same morally bankrupt "logic." Ol' John turned out to be one racist prick.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“To be clear, Trump's gift to the world resulting from his illegal, unnecessary war with Iran is gobsmackingly high fuel prices, when fuel can be had.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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