gobshite

noun
/ˈɡɒbˌʃaɪt/

Etymology

From gob (“mouth”) + shite (“excrement”).

  1. derived from *sḱeyd-
  2. inherited from *skītaną
  3. inherited from *skītan
  4. inherited from sċītan
  5. inherited from schiten
  6. compounded as gobshite — “gob + shite

Definitions

  1. One who engages in nonsensical chatter or unwanted conversation.

    • What’s that gobshite talking about now?
    • That whereas for anie time this foure and twentie yeare they haue plaid the fantasticall gub-shites and goose-giblets in Print, […]
  2. 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.
    • Well, we have to start with Aleksandr Dugin, ideologue and genocide-inciting gobshite.
  3. Nonsense

    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.
    • Aw they were always talking gobshite as far as I was concerned, but for most bods, if it was in black and white it was true.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA