WTF is a container?

Re:WTF is a container? by ksec on Monday October 17, 2016 @07:50AM (#12724203)

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.

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Re:WTF is a container? by Jefro118 on Monday October 17, 2016 @07:56AM (#12724239)

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

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Re:WTF is a container? by philk10 on Monday October 17, 2016 @09:57AM (#12725014)

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

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Re:WTF is a container? by digibri on Monday October 17, 2016 @11:10AM (#12725648)

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.

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Re:WTF is a container? by TickleSteve on Monday October 17, 2016 @08:45AM (#12724510)

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.

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Re:WTF is a container? by oarsinsync on Monday October 17, 2016 @11:55AM (#12726189)

Indeed. One might say it is almost flabbergasting!

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