[Ads-l] to get smackadoodled

Robin Hamilton robin.hamilton3 at VIRGINMEDIA.COM
Sat Jun 25 09:07:48 UTC 2016


Is this a transitive variant of the (traditionally British?) "gobsmacked"?

Robin Hamilton

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-----Original Message----- 
From: Benjamin Barrett
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2016 5:17 AM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: to get smackadoodled

"Sterling is getting smackadoodled," said Tim Kelleher, Head of FX 
Institutional Sales New Zealand for ASB Bank in Auckland.

"Sterling, stocks hammered as UK on brink of Brexit”
by Wayne Cole
http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCAKCN0Z92MZ 
<http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCAKCN0Z92MZ>

Not on the Oxford Dictionary site or in Wiktionary. In fact, with the 
exception of a video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWDRYrPaI4E 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWDRYrPaI4E>, this article appears to be 
the only occurrence of this word.

Formerly of Seattle, WA
Benjamin Barrett
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