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Island Life: Adventures in English

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  • Brenda Leeuwenberg,

    gobsmacked

    Wellington • Since Oct 2008 • 41 posts Report Reply

  • Emma Hart,

    I like gobsmacked. From now, though, I think I'm going to start using 'flabberfounded', or 'dumbgasted'.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report Reply

  • Paul Campbell,

    wait, you mean it's not a sexual reference .....

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 2623 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca,

    Or just plain Impressed.

    In keeping with the swearing meme, (and not to disappoint Jackie) cuntstruck :)

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Hadyn Green,

    And maybe some alternatives to "gutted" while we're at it.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 2090 posts Report Reply

  • Kerry Weston,

    "That was Intense" seemed to displace blown away among the young fellahs.

    Manawatu • Since Jan 2008 • 494 posts Report Reply

  • Kerry Weston,

    Awestruck? Not as good as cuntstruck tho.

    Manawatu • Since Jan 2008 • 494 posts Report Reply

  • Brenda Leeuwenberg,

    Awestruck? Not as good as cuntstruck tho.

    However possibly with more options for relevant use in general speech. Cuntstruck is best used when it really suits.

    Wellington • Since Oct 2008 • 41 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes,

    And maybe some alternatives to "gutted" while we're at it.

    Ok, how about; disemboweled, eviscerated, cavitated, split from stern to spleen, disabdomenised. Or how about "I was Bloody Eagled"

    A graphic description appears in the ßáttr af Ragnars sonum: 'They caused the bloody eagle to be carved on the back of Ælla, and they cut away all of the ribs from the spine, and then they ripped out his lungs.'

    Nice.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

  • Tim Michie,

    Pursy.

    Auckward • Since Nov 2006 • 614 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    Cuntstruck is best used when it really suits.

    Like on Outrageous Fortune? (just checking who watched the swearing segment on Media7)

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Robyn Gallagher,

    And maybe some alternatives to "gutted" while we're at it.

    How about the alternate spelling "guttered"? Guttered, mate. Guttered.

    Also "over the moon". Husbands seem to be over the moon the most, usually when their wives announce they're pregnant, have a baby, lose weight or get a nipple piercing.

    Since Nov 2006 • 1946 posts Report Reply

  • Kerry Weston,

    Cuntstruck is best used when it really suits.

    like screeching it at full volume when you find out yr partner has strayed, i seem to recall ;-)

    Manawatu • Since Jan 2008 • 494 posts Report Reply

  • Robyn Gallagher,

    Since Nov 2006 • 1946 posts Report Reply

  • Tim Michie,

    "Over the Moon": Is that more "I'm leaping cow while the dish ran away with the spoon" or " I'm feel like Michael Collins orbiting while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the surface"?

    Auckward • Since Nov 2006 • 614 posts Report Reply

  • andrew gunn,

    anything but 'awesome'

    Christchurch • Since Apr 2009 • 45 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca,

    like screeching it at full volume when you find out yr partner has strayed, i seem to recall ;-)

    24 hour fucked up big time, then single: gutted :)

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Kerry Weston,

    devastated, ruined, wrecked or even quartered: Hung, Drawn & Quartered

    Manawatu • Since Jan 2008 • 494 posts Report Reply

  • Deborah,

    No-one likes a wobbly table, but sometimes you have to ask yourself: "could I be putting that dictionary to better use?"

    I paused for a moment before commenting, and wondered whether I really ought to, and then thought, "No! Dammit - I rejoice in my identity as a pendant!"

    So... shouldn't that be a thesaurus rather than a dictionary?

    <scuttles back to hideaway in Adelaide>

    New Lynn • Since Nov 2006 • 1447 posts Report Reply

  • andrew gunn,

    Eek! 'Awesome' doesn't fit at all!

    Know why I thought of it though: many moons ago, in much the same spirit as David, I issued a list of synonyms of "awesome" to the presenters of a children's TV show I then worked for, in an attempt to thwart the spread of 'awesome'-ness throughout the general population.

    Needless to say, it was Canute Vs Tide all over again

    Christchurch • Since Apr 2009 • 45 posts Report Reply

  • Raymond A Francis,

    You know you are getting old:
    When you first hear your parents words coming out of your mouth, usually directed at your children
    Or you start whinning about how language is starting to go down hill
    Or possibly the PM doesn't speak just like you

    Nothing wrong with being a full paid up member of the Pendant Society though!

    Don't you hate it when reporters say something is taken off someone when they mean from someone!

    45' South • Since Nov 2006 • 578 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca,

    Nothing wrong with being a full paid up member of the Pendant Society though!

    Yeah nah.

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    24 hour storm, heavy downpour: guttered :)

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Paul Litterick,

    Being a member of the Pendant Society is not a hanging offence.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1000 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    Heh. Sorry to miss that chat after filming, Paul.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

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