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Definition of Gobshite
1. Noun. (Ireland UK slang moderately offensive) One who engages in nonsensical chatter or unwanted conversation. ¹
2. Noun. (Ireland UK slang moderately offensive) A person of very poor judgment and unpleasant character. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gobshite
1. a contemptible person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gobshite
Literary usage of Gobshite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the by Henry Louis Mencken (1921)
"word gobshite, and as the old word gob, signifying a large, irregular mass,
applied to a new use. The original meaning of gobshite I don't know. ..."
2. New Words Self-defined by Charles Alphonso Smith (1919)
"The name "gob," which has been applied to the American sailorman for so many
years, it is believed originated from the Chinese word "gobshite," and was ..."
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