gobshite
English edit
Etymology edit
From gob (“mouth”) + shite (“excrement”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gobshite (plural gobshites)
- (Ireland, British, slang, offensive, vulgar) One who engages in nonsensical chatter or unwanted conversation.
- What's that gobshite talking about now?
- (Ireland, British, slang, offensive, vulgar) A person of very poor judgment and unpleasant character.
- 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 191:
- LaTisha [...] left school a head-banging argumentative gobshite with no qualifications who wouldnʼt take no orders from no one
Usage notes edit
- The collective expression shower of gobshites ("group of idiots") is quite common in Ireland.
Translations edit
one who engages in nonsensical chatter
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