gopping

English

Etymology

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Adjective

gopping (comparative more gopping, superlative most gopping)

1. (slang) Ugly; disgusting.
   • 2009 May 24, David Brooks, “Mirror on America”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     […] there will be a prose-poem of pure meaninglessness as his brilliance finally breaks loose from the tethers of observation and oozes across the page in a great, gopping goo of pure pretension.

   • 2010, Matt Croucher, Bullet Proof, page 147:

     They were gopping: the biggest bruises I have ever seen on his thighs and legs. I had completely messed him up.

   • 2010, Karen Swan, Players:

     'You look gopping,' Cress said, glancing over at Tor - who was pale and black- eyed from last night's bottle of wine - as she rifled through her confection of rainbow-coloured chiffons and slinky slipper satins.

   • 2012, Top Gear (TV series), "Africa Special"

     RICHARD: You know that word you like, James, “gopping”?
     JAMES: It is gopping.
     RICHARD: Nothing has ever been more gopping than that.