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This is one of those words (like Skidadle) that I remember as a part of growing up. My father used these words and I assumed he invented them!
I think it almost qualifies as an onemonepia.
It makes an old man feel young (for a moment) to be reminded of childhood in this way.
"I am certain there is too much certainty in the world" -Michael Crichton
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I remember it as discomboobulate. Or is it discombubulate?
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No doubt you will find variations in different dialects.
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different dialects
The Pook doesn't speak a dialect; he speaks the Queen's Strine.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Well, then. Discomboobulate must is the SWE form. All other versions are inferior substitutes;
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different dialects
The Pook doesn't speak a dialect; he speaks the Queen's Strine. Too roit moit! 
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