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- etymology - If you can be discombobulated, is it possible to be . . .
"I had had a psycholytic dose of LSD, one that allowed the patient to explore his psyche in an unconstrained but still deliberate manner while remaining sufficiently combobulated to talk about it " from "How To Change Your Mind" by Michael Pollan, Penguin Books 2019, page 253 Here "combobulated" means the opposite of "discombobulated"
- word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The fact that discombobulated is made up and not really derived from combobulated does mean that you can't use combobulated I think more or less anyone would understand what you meant, and if it caught on, combobulated would simply be derived from discombobulated Combobulated is, in other words, a perfectly cromulent word to me –
- Why has the word discombobulate stuck around? [closed]
It is this nonsense quality that gives the word its meaning—i e , to throw into a state of confusion To be discombobulated is to be thoroughly befuddled Discombobulate is still a light word and might be out of place in more formal contexts, but it does turn up fairly often in edited publications (The Grammarist) Discombobulate v :
- Discombobulate Crossword Clue Answers
LA Times Crossword; May 12 2024; Discombobulate; Discombobulate While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Discombobulate crossword clue
- word choice - I got puzzled paradoxically in a discombobulated . . .
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- Need colorful synonym for dumbfounded or baffled
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- Is there a term for what sheveled is to disheveled?
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- What does it mean? vs. What does that mean? — whats the difference?
Pretty similar, yes? Look a little more closely, however The first pair indicates that you want to know what aspect of the word discombobulated applies to me, and not necessarily a definition of the word The second pair indicates you want me to give you a definition of the word discombobulated There's a difference between the two, but it is
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