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What (who) is gorblimey - definition
gorblimey {{Brit. }}
gorblimey Brit.
informal
¦ exclamation an expression of surprise or indignation.
¦ adjective lower-class; common.
Origin
C19: alt. of God blind me.
Examples of use of gorblimey
1. Certainly her style now – a 1'50s starlet in vintage dresses – is miles away from the gorblimey sex bomb who showed her sequinned pink knickers to the crowds when she was dating the British actor Jason Statham.
2. They say it could also be a euphemistic extension of ‘God!‘, ‘Gawd!‘ or ‘Gorblimey!‘. Other words traced by BBC viewers include ‘wazzock‘, which is now listed in the OED as a stupid or annoying person, after it was found in a 1'76 recording by British folk singer Mike Harding.