Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gobshite

/ˈɡɒbˌʃaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: gob-shite
IPA: /ˈɡɒbˌʃaɪt/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who engages in nonsensical chatter or unwanted conversation.

British usage; Offensive; Slang

noun

A person of very poor judgment and unpleasant character.

British usage; Offensive; Slang

noun

Nonsense; speech or writing that is untrue, meaningless, or otherwise unwelcome.

British usage; Offensive; Slang

Example Sentences

"What’s that gobshite talking about now?"
"That whereas for anie time this foure and twentie yeare they haue plaid the fantasticall gub-shites and goose-giblets in Print, […]"
"LaTisha […] left school a head-banging argumentative gobshite with no qualifications who wouldnʼt take no orders from no one."
"“Water Lily of the Nile. That is what they call it. It’s a medicinal flower. It’s a narcotic that the Egyptians used to bury with their dead in order to help ease the sufferings of the afterlife. And according to the Compendium Narcoticum, it is the only drug that helps with the pain of being a wraith. Very hard to come by. And it is said that those little gobshites will do anything for it.”"
"Well, we have to start with Aleksandr Dugin, ideologue and genocide-inciting gobshite."
"“You do work on the brick when you raise it. The Earth doesn’t do work on the brick as it falls.” With all due respect, that’s a load of gobshite, John."

Etymology

From gob (“mouth”) + shite (“excrement”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

gobshites (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce gobshite?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɒbˌʃaɪt/.
What does gobshite mean?: One who engages in nonsensical chatter or unwanted conversation.
Where does gobshite come from?: From gob (“mouth”) + shite (“excrement”).

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