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flabbergasted? Wow this is a new word for me, I have never heard of it. When i first read it in my mind I thought it was a Spanish Football player that used to play for Arsenal, Then Barcelona, and now Chelsea. LoL

Is this word even used anywhere else beyond US? Never heard it used in the UK.




I'm from the UK and I hear "flabbergasted" reasonably often, more often from upper-middle class folks. Maybe a regional thing?


more of an age thing? I use it but I doubt my daughter ever does


I was born and raised in the midwest part of the U.S. and I've been using "flabbergasted" for all my adult life (20+ years). Of course, I've always had a propensity for peculiar or anachronous verbiage.


flabbergasted is very widely used in the UK, really puzzled how you could possibly not come across it if you've spent more than a few months here.


Indeed. One might say it is almost flabbergasting!




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