Meaning & use
gobbo
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Meanings
nouncountableoffensiveslangAustralian
An offensive slang word for a person seen as rough, uneducated, or low-class.
Grammar: Countable noun; it can be pluralized as gobbos when referring to more than one person.
Patterns
- call someone a gobbo
The character in the sketch was written as a loud gobbo for cheap laughs.
He was called a gobbo by the older boys, and it clearly hurt him.
nouncountableoffensiveslangAustralian
An offensive slang word for someone who talks too much or speaks in a crude way.
Grammar: Countable noun; used as a direct insult about someone's manner of speaking.
Patterns
- a real gobbo
Don't be such a gobbo; let someone else have a turn to speak.
They dismissed the caller as a gobbo and hung up.
Word forms
| plural | gobbos |
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Common combinations
- call someone a gobbo
- The older kids would call him a gobbo to get a reaction.
- a real gobbo
- After a few drinks he turned into a real gobbo.
- a loud gobbo
- The loud gobbo at the next table ruined the quiet evening.
- such a gobbo
- She told her brother he was such a gobbo for shouting over everyone.
Synonyms and how they differ
Commonly confused: gobbo or gob? gobbo or gobble?
gobbo vs gob
Gob is British slang for the mouth and is not an insult by itself; gobbo is a personal insult.
gobbo vs gobble
Gobble means to eat quickly or to make a turkey sound, and has nothing to do with this insult.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'gobbo' in the way it is normally meant?
Choose one answer.
'Gobbo' is an offensive slang insult for a person, so it fits the sentence about calling someone a gobbo. The other options treat it as an object, a vehicle, or a quantity, which are not meanings of this word.
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Write a sentence using “gobbo”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.