noun General Slang

gobdaw

· noun · irish

A gullible fool — an Irish word for someone who'll believe anything.

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A foolish, gullible person. Specifically the kind of eejit who falls for obvious wind-ups and hasn't a clue. Stronger than 'eejit' — there's a flavour of 'mouthy idiot who thinks he's clever' in it. From 'gob' (mouth) + 'daw' (jackdaw, slang for a simpleton).

“Don't be such a gobdaw — of course he was having you on.”
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gobdaw In A Sentence

Don't be such a gobdaw — of course he was having you on.

Origin & Usage

Hiberno-English compound: gob (mouth) + daw (a jackdaw, used to mean a simpleton since the 1500s).

Variants gob dawgobdaw

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