Definition of gorblimey in English:
gorblimey
exclamation ɡɔːˈblʌɪmiɡɔrˈblaɪmi
British informal An expression of surprise or indignation.
Example sentencesExamples
- And gorblimey: this new player has everything I wanted.
- Gorblimey! A poster on the thread about modern hymns for drunks tells me Estelle White is rhyming slang.
adjectiveɡɔːˈblʌɪmiɡɔrˈblaɪmi
British informal attributive Vulgarly lower-class.
Example sentencesExamples
- That Danny Whitten song is actually rather lovely, whereas the Pistols, epochal as they were in cultural terms, were pretty much just hoary old barre-chords and some gorblimey vocals.
- The self-styled ‘rockney’ duo use this Christmas knees-up to celebrate one of the more remarkable turnarounds in fortune in recent pop history: from reviled gorblimey joke to critically acclaimed, Libertines-endorsed, Glastonbury-slaying stars.
- The council is certainly a gorblimey council.
Origin
Late 19th century: alteration of God blind me; also in use as a noun in the early 20th century to denote various kinds of unusual clothing.
Rhymes
blimey, grimy, limey, slimy, stymie, thymy
Definition of gorblimey in US English:
gorblimey
exclamationɡɔrˈblaɪmiɡôrˈblīmē
British informal An expression of surprise or indignation.
Example sentencesExamples
- Gorblimey! A poster on the thread about modern hymns for drunks tells me Estelle White is rhyming slang.
- And gorblimey: this new player has everything I wanted.
adjectiveɡɔrˈblaɪmiɡôrˈblīmē
British informal attributive Common; lower class.
Example sentencesExamples
- The council is certainly a gorblimey council.
- That Danny Whitten song is actually rather lovely, whereas the Pistols, epochal as they were in cultural terms, were pretty much just hoary old barre-chords and some gorblimey vocals.
- The self-styled ‘rockney’ duo use this Christmas knees-up to celebrate one of the more remarkable turnarounds in fortune in recent pop history: from reviled gorblimey joke to critically acclaimed, Libertines-endorsed, Glastonbury-slaying stars.
Origin
Late 19th century: alteration of God blind me; also in use as a noun in the early 20th century to denote various kinds of unusual clothing.