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discombobulate - Word of the Day - Fri Sep 20, 2024


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discombobulate - (v) - to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate.

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The unexpected turn of events discombobulated everyone at the meeting.

 

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Discombobulate is described as a 'fanciful mock-Latin coinage' popular in the mid 19th Century. There are others of its kind, such as, absquatulate, confusticate, and spifflicate.

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3 hours ago, drpaladin said:

Otherwise known as how I feel when I first wake up.

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Discombobulate is a fun, fancy word for “confuse.” If something has put you in a state where you don't know up from down and you can't spell your own name, you may be discombobulated.

Discombobulate kind of sounds like you feel when you're disoriented: bouncing around in several directions at once. Trying to say discombobulate for the first time might discombobulate you! Because of its funny sound, discombobulate is often used in a humorous way. Are you ready to assemble some furniture, or are you too discombobulated after reading the instructions?

Discombobulate - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

 

Almost every single time, that I go looking for our daily word, I come across some really weird  stuff. An example follows, play it or delete it, there is no right answer here!!!

When She Farted On My Balls - YouTube

 

:cowboy:(I did warn you)

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10 minutes ago, sandrewn said:

You two, wow, me three!

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Discombobulate is a fun, fancy word for “confuse.” If something has put you in a state where you don't know up from down and you can't spell your own name, you may be discombobulated.

Discombobulate kind of sounds like you feel when you're disoriented: bouncing around in several directions at once. Trying to say discombobulate for the first time might discombobulate you! Because of its funny sound, discombobulate is often used in a humorous way. Are you ready to assemble some furniture, or are you too discombobulated after reading the instructions?

Discombobulate - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

 

Almost every single time, that I go looking for our daily word, I come across some really weird  stuff. An example follows, play it or delete it, there is no right answer here!!!

When She Farted On My Balls - YouTube

 

:cowboy:(I did warn you)

Of course if you happen to be really screwed up, I suppose we could call it discomboobulated.

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The earliest known use of the adjective discombobulated is in the 1870s.  The OED's earliest evidence for discombobulated is from 1870, in North Amer. more specifically in the U.S.  It appeared in the Gazette (a Philadelphia newspaper), and discombobulated is formed within English, by derivation.

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Harry Potter and the Discombobulated Description

Studying The Cursed Child characters through the lens of one word:

The spells are quite witty, but they aren't the only examples of wordplay in the Harry Potter universe. In the Potter novels J. K. Rowling uses vocabulary that has made her characters living creatures to generations of readers. Whether it is Harry's visions of Voldemort's livid face or Draco Malfoy's seemingly ever-present smirk, language helps to define these characters. This tradition continues in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, where Jack Thorne, the playwright, must do a lot of the description in stage directions. 

For more information, use this link: https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/wc/harry-potter-and-the-discombobulated-description/ 

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From Wordfoolery: 

Discombobulate entered American English around 1830, originally spelled as discombobricate, meaning to upset or embarrass somebody. It was a created word using mock-Latin suffixes and prefixes. Other examples include – confusticate and absquatulate. As Jess Zafarris of Useless Etymology fame says – ‘“Discombobulate” was one in a series of words invented in the early to mid-1800s as part of a fad popular among educated high-society types who made up faux words by compiling Latin prefixes, suffixes, roots and other non-Latin components into silly-sounding combinations.’

Discombobulate probably drew on discomfort and discompose as a basis for its creation. Before you ask – there isn’t a linguistic opposite of discombobulate and combobulate is not a real word.

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From Times Leader:  Origin Of Discombobulate Confuses Many People Q. I Love The Word “discoboobalated.” Where Did It Come From? A. That’s One Variation Of The Word We Haven’t Heard Before! The Way Most People Say It Is “discombobulated,” And It Means “upset” Or “confused.” You’re Not The Only One Who Has A Different Conception Of This Unusual Word, Though. At The Time Of Its First Known Appearance In Print, In 1834, It Was “discombobracated.” Later It Was Recorded As “discombobberate,” “discombooberate,” “discombobolate” And Even “discomboomerate,” Among A Wide Variety Of Other Forms. Around 1916 The Dust Finally Began To Settle And “discombobulate” Appeared. It Eventually Became The Preferred Form, Though Other Variants Continue To Crop Us From Time To Time.

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13 hours ago, sandrewn said:

 

Almost every single time, that I go looking for our daily word, I come across some really weird  stuff. An example follows, play it or delete it, there is no right answer here!!!

When She Farted On My Balls - YouTube

 

:cowboy:(I did warn you)

I'm still trying to work out how you got from discombobulate to farting. Your search history must be weird enough to be discombobulating.

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