10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOBSHITE»
Discover the use of
gobshite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
gobshite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Gobshite Quarterly: Double Trouble
When the work is originally published in another language we feature it en-face with the original language & an English translation.
2
Irish English as Represented in Film
(When the Sky Falls, 00:47:05, MSgtl990D) 6.3.3.4 Gobshite Dolan (2006: 1 10)
cites gobshite as being a pejorative term for a fool, with its etymology in the
English dialect word gob, meaning 'mouth', and shite, the Irish English term for
shit ...
'Pleasemister. I won't resteasy till you ask.' 'I don'tknow,' Tom thinks for a moment.
'Do you have any kids?' 'I don't have any kids mister. We did have a Gobshite
though.' 'What?' 'Gobshite, that wasthe name of medog. He'sthe closest thingto a
...
I kept my gun on Tyler's but I looked at the gobshite who'd stepped onto the street
in front of us. With his butties coming after him. A thick~looking eejit with a cap
jammed down on his head. There were explosions of breath throughout the ...
In the toilet, Bob Tidey said, 'Gobshite.' Kavanagh, standing at the urinal, looked
over his shoulder. He hurriedly zipped up and turned. 'Do I know you?' He was
late thirties, his boy—band hair and pointy-collared shirt giving him a vaguely ...
6
At Swim, Two Boys: A Novel
“Get on, you gobshite. Can't you leave a body in peace?” “Who said that?” yelled
the drunk. “Who's it calling me a gobshite?” Jim edged away. “Is he all right?” “Is
who all right?” Jim cocked his head. “Your da.” “I said I'll see you.” The apple in ...
7
A Matter of Life and Death
—Gobshite. —Don't speak about your da that way, Jill said. She looked at Sarah
to see if she'd heard. Sarah carried on playing with her toast. —Why not? —
Declan... Barry pointed a milky spoon at his younger brother. —Well, he is a
gobshite.
8
The American Language: An Inquiry into the Development of ...
Gob is variously explained as a derivative from the Chinese ( ?) word gobshite,
and as the old word gob, signifying a large, irregular mass, applied to a new use.
The original meaning of gobshite I don't know. One correspondent suggests that
...
Henry Louis Mencken, 1921
9
Irish Lace: A Nuala Anne McGrail Novel
“Did this gobshite try to attack you, sir?” he asked. The sports coat and the clean
face and blond hair meant Iwas the good guy. “He seemed to want to start a fight
earlier in the evening,” I said mildly. “I'm afraid Iwouldn't oblige.” Nuala, grim and
...
Gobshite is used on the UK mainland but, along withslag (off), appears not to
have spread much further afield. Rat's posteriors, variously spelt, are withheld in
every first-language English-speaking country I could think of, and half-assed (or
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOBSHITE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
gobshite is used in the context of the following news items.
It's time to give 'cute hoors' and castaways a second thought …
Irish people explaining Irish insults. Amadán, gobshite, eejit, geebag, cute hoor - how would you explain what these words to someone who is ... «Newstalk 106-108 fm, Jun 15»
Irish people explain uniquely Irish insults (VIDEO)
Eejet, pox, gobshite: Irish people have many colorful ways to describe each other. Photo by: Facts./YouTube. Irish people seem to have an ... «IrishCentral, Jun 15»
Judge on defendant: “he is a gobshite”
gobshite The general consensus on Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's notable dissents is that they reveal a Twitter-caliber quip artist ... «Boing Boing, Jun 15»
Mama, Just Killed A Song...
... Townshend pointed out that the title surely belonged to Elvis Presley. Watch Kanye make a gobshite of himself singing Bohemian Rhapsody: ... «TodayFM, Jun 15»
Michael O'Doherty: Come off it, Colm - shift to weekend wilderness is …
... such a lauding of Eoghan's talents untempered, given the tousle-haired savant's recent description of me as "a gobshite of the highest order". «Herald, Jun 15»
The Dark Side of Twitter: Unionist trolls exposed
"Punchable gobshite". Comparisons to Nazis and Hitler and fake accounts which portray the SNP MP Natalie McGarry in pornographic adverts. «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
JOE's Review of the Week: Twitter meltdowns, Aldo's injury and …
... nostalgic even, for those 15 minutes back in 2o11 when he was 'winning' at being the world's foremost gobshite. Well, this week he was back ... «JOE, Jun 15»
The 10 things Irish men will never truly understand about Irish women
Yer woman rode yer man but the other blonde gobshite kind of sort of has a thing for her best friend but they had a threesome and now he's, like, really confused ... «JOE, Jun 15»
Irish judge calls defendant 'a gobshite' for driving without insurance
Byrne, who has 14 previous convictions for driving offences, was called a gobshite by Judge John Coughlan during his sentencing. «Entertainment.ie, Jun 15»
Heartbreaking news from KEKIRILANTHAYA
Also, my lord the wifeship said that I will have to find alternative accommodation if the gobshite was not appointed. What is a man to do? «nation.lk - The Nation Newspaper, Jun 15»
