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gobshites

gobshites is the plural of gobshite.

Meaning of gobshite

Noun

gobshite (plural gobshites)

  1. (Ireland, UK, offensive, slang, vulgar) One who engages in nonsensical chatter or unwanted conversation.
    • What’s that gobshite talking about now?
  2. (Ireland, UK, offensive, slang, vulgar) A person of very poor judgment and unpleasant character.
    • LaTisha […] left school a head-banging argumentative gobshite with no qualifications who wouldnʼt take no orders from no one.2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books, published 2020, page 191
  3. (Ireland, UK, offensive, slang, vulgar) Nonsense; speech or writing that is untrue, meaningless, or otherwise unwelcome.
    • “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.2013 July 12, Wow [username], “How Einstein’s most famous equation affects you”, in Science blogs, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2023, comments

Questions about gobshites

What is gobshites the plural of?
Gobshites is the plural of gobshite.

Words near gobshites in the dictionary

  1. gobs up
  2. gobsful
  3. gobshell
  4. gobshells
  5. gobshite
  6. gobshites
  7. gobsmack
  8. gobsmacked
  9. gobsmacker
  10. gobsmackers
  11. gobsmacking

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