Gobsmacked

First news off the plane:

New York Times, Jan. 15:

The Irish have a word for it - gobsmacked - that properly describes the astonishment of Representative Peter King and other Irish-Americans at the news that Denis Donaldson, long a trusted leader in Ireland's rebel movement, has been spying for Britain for decades.

"Don't you remember him?" asked Mr. King, a New York Republican close to the Irish peace process. He was recalling a noisy night 19 years ago at a Belfast social club - a bastion protected by battle-ready guards and barbed wire - where supporters of the outlawed Irish Republican Army drank lager and whiskey and sang rebel songs. Mr. Donaldson was one of the throatiest at our table in singing of Irish liberty and the British yoke. ...