Surprise · legendary
gobsmacked
Smacked speechless: surprise so total it becomes comic. A legendary find.
- On the face
- The jaw at absolute bottom, eyes enormous, a happy flicker.
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More on being gobsmacked
Gobsmacked is British slang, literally 'smacked in the gob', the gob being the mouth. It is surprise so total it looks like it landed a physical blow: the jaw at the absolute bottom, the eyes enormous, a helpless flicker of a laugh underneath. You do not decide to be gobsmacked. It happens to you.