gulpin
Obsolete British and Irish slang for a gullible person or a fool — someone easily tricked.
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me with gulpin line honestly, they're so fun for me 😭
havent finished literally any of the other merchies that have been on hold since fall but i think making gulpin and swalot trinkets can fix me
ive loved them forever but gulpin and swalot becoming my cooking buddies in pokopia has brought me so much joy. i dont ever invite them, they just show up and join me because their homes are near my kitchen and i ador…
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Obsolete British and Irish slang for a gullible person or a fool — someone easily tricked. The word implies not just foolishness but credulity, the quality of swallowing (gulping) whatever they're told. It has dropped out of common use but occasionally surfaces in dialect literature.
He was a complete gulpin — believed every word of the story without once asking a question.
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(slang, obsolete) A gullible person; a fool.
“me with gulpin line honestly, they're so fun for me 😭”
— Bluesky· May 2026“havent finished literally any of the other merchies that have been on hold since fall but i think making gulpin and swalot trinkets can fix me”
— Bluesky· May 2026“ive loved them forever but gulpin and swalot becoming my cooking buddies in pokopia has brought me so much joy. i dont ever invite them, they just show up and join me because their homes are near my kitchen and i adore them”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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