A popular Irish insult apparently was first used in the US.
The term 'Gobsh**e' is normally associated with Ireland.
While television programmes like Father Ted brought it to international ears.
Gobsh**e - First Used By The US Navy
However it turns out we aren't the only ones to use the term.
Susie Dent is a lexicographer and longtime Dictionary Corner resident on Channel 4's Countdown.
She outlines the history of 'Gobsh**e'
"The first example is in the Navy, the US Navy for an enlisted sailor."
"That's 1910."
"So then 30 years later it appears in Irish-English."
"To mean A foolish or incompetent person who talks nonsense and speaks incessantly."
"So you (Irish people) definitely made it popular, but I'm afraid it was in the US Navy first."
