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I looked through various examples of it and I still don’t understand. You just blankly stare at someone? Is that what it is?

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[–] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 1 points 6 days ago

c. 1746, also in early use gaumless, gawmless, "wanting sense, stupid," a British dialectal word, from gome "notice, understanding" (c. 1200), from Old Norse gaumr "care, heed" (of unknown origin); + -less.