[meteorite-list] Smacked by gob

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:51:16 -0600
Message-ID: <01d201c94d40$4462ef70$d253e146_at_ATARIENGINE>

"Gob" is literally "mouth."

"Gobsmacked" is punched in the mouth,
meaning astounded or amazed; also "gobstruck."
A hard cardy sucker for a child is a "gobstopper."
Harmonicas are "gob irons." To "gob off" means
to talk in a opinionated and loud manner, all slang
terms. The word "gob" is possibly Gaelic in origin.

http://www.answers.com/topic/gob

http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/g.htm


Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Brown" <radio_ranch at yahoo.com>
To: "Pete Shugar" <pshugar at clearwire.net>; "Meteorite"
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Smacked by gob


Hi Pete and the List

The word GobSmacked is Brittish slang, Gob=face or more like the way we say
'mug' as slang for face and smacked=hit. The engineers from our sister plant
in Scotland use this slang in almost the same way as we say "you could have
knocked me over with a feather" , supprised usually pleasantly.

Pat


--- On Sat, 11/22/08, Pete Shugar <pshugar at clearwire.net> wrote:

> From: Pete Shugar <pshugar at clearwire.net>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Smacked by gob
> To: cynapse at charter.net, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 7:50 PM
> At the risk of going soooo faaaar off topic as to never be
> able to find my way back,
> I ask the following:
> I readily admit that it sometimes does not take much to
> amuse me, but I find that
> the word Gobsmacked as probably one of the single most
> facinating words to ever
> appear on the internet. Please define.........
> Pete
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren
> Garrison" <cynapse at charter.net>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 10:10 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Smacked by gob
>
>
> >
> http://www.theage.com.au/national/googling-geologist-identifies-possible-meteorite-crater-out-the-back-of-bourke-20081122-6eix.html
> >
> > Googling geologist identifies possible meteorite
> crater out the back of Bourke
> >
> > * Richard Macey
> > * November 23, 2008
> >
> > A RETIRED geologist searching on Google Earth for a
> place to mine opals may have
> > discovered something much bigger: a meteorite crater
> in outback NSW.
> >
> > Mike Fry, of Maryborough in central Victoria, was
> using the Google site last
> > month to survey terrain when he saw an unusual
> structure in the red dust.
> >
> > "The circular nature of this thing struck
> me," Mr Fry said. "It was so
> > distinctive, I was gobsmacked."
> >
> > Mr Fry, who earned a degree in geology from the
> University of New Mexico before
> > coming to Australia 44 years ago to mine opals and
> gold, drove for 11 hours to
> > the site to take a look. The site is about 10
> kilometres north-east of White
> > Cliffs, a town halfway between Broken Hill and Bourke
> in far north-western NSW.
> >
> > "I have walked around it," he said,
> estimating his "crater" was at least two
> > kilometres across. "There is a steep slope on the
> eastern side, which rises 30
> > to 50 metres above the floor."
> >
> > The western rim was severely eroded. However, the
> eastern side had been
> > preserved under a layer of sedimentary material called
> silcrete, formed from
> > dissolved silica, that he believes was laid down more
> than 2 million years ago.
> >
> > "Silcrete is as hard as concrete," Mr Fry
> said. "The crater had to exist before
> > the silcrete was laid down."
> >
> > Several scientists who looked at the images agreed
> that while circular shapes
> > could be produced by many geological forces, including
> volcanic activity, the
> > feature deserved further investigation.
> >
> > "It does look the right sort of shape," said
> Andy Tomkins, of Monash University.
> > "It is the pattern you would expect to see. It
> looks interesting."
> >
> > Peter Haines, a senior geologist with the Geological
> Survey of Western
> > Australia, said he would remain "a bit
> sceptical" until the site was tested.
> >
> > However, he added, "just looking at it, it's
> something that should be followed
> > up".
> >
> > Dr Tomkins and Dr Haines said finding microscopic
> evidence of rock that had
> > suffered a severe shock would indicate an impact
> crater.
> >
> > If Mr Fry has found an impact crater, it would be the
> second such discovery
> > using Google Earth.
> >
> > Last year Dr Arthur Hickman, a geologist with the
> Geological Survey of WA, found
> > a crater, about 260 metres wide and up to 30 metres
> deep, in the Hamersley
> > Ranges in WA's Pilbara region.
> >
> > Dr Haines said it was certainly possible a
> two-kilometre meteorite crater had
> > gone unnoticed. "It is not something that would
> necessarily attract the
> > attention of someone who was not already thinking
> about a crater." A crater,
> > agreed Dr Tomkins, "could easily be missed".
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