Its growth rate in 2015 is a statistical eccentricity of gobsmacking proportions
The year 2015 was a busy one in Ireland, what with protests against water charges, a referendum legalising same-sex marriage and speculation over a coming general election
ADJECTIVE
British informal
Utterly astonished; astounded:the locals were gobsmacked when us lot trooped in
Origin
1980s: from
gob3 + smack1, with reference to being shocked by a blow to the mouth, or to clapping a hand to one's mouth in astonishment.
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