gobsmack

Matthew Gordon gordonmj at MISSOURI.EDU
Tue Nov 16 21:29:22 UTC 2004


Any Brits here?
I heard Jeff Greenfield, an American CNN political analyst, say something
like "These numbers gobsmacked the pollsters." I've only ever heard this
word used in the passive (e.g. I was gobsmacked.).
Is this active voice form really used or is this (as I suspect) a misuse by
an anglophilic American?



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