While waiting in line at the BMW this morning, I watched a news ticker scroll at the bottom of a television screen. One of the headlines read, “Skygazers gawp at extra bright ‘super moon.'”
Gawp?
I Googled the definition of gawp:
I looked up at the moon this morning as I walked the dog. Was I staring? Yes. Openly? Yes. In a stupid or rude manner? No. Since when is admiring nature and a once-in-a-lifetime event to be tagged as stupid?
Gawp.
Maybe this was a typo. Maybe the word the news editor was going for was “gape.” Maybe no one took the time to check the connotation of the word.
All I know for sure is that I gawped away with the best of them.
Day 14 of NanoPoblano/NaBloPoMo as well as #MicroblogMondays 116.
that cynking feeling 
Yet another word that honestly makes no sense, but has a real meaning. Sort of like Bigly, just larger than Biggerest and slightly smaller than Yuuuuuge. 😀
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I think of gawp as that expression on your face when you’re flabbergasted. Like the thing you are looking at seems so unreal that your mouth drops open.
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In that case, maybe the word is actually a portmanteau of gape and awe.
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I didn’t think it was an actual word! I couldn’t see the moon here, it was too cloudy, but I did see it during the day!
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