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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Discombobulate #88538 12/03/2002 8:37 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague bonzaialsatian enthusiast bonzaialsatian enthusiast Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague Etymology: probably alteration of discompose or discomfit Am I right in thinking that you meant decompose? In that case, combobulate® could almost be another word for reincarnation, only kinda of the mind, into a more comfortable (discomfit) incarnation... It's probably simpler if it just means - to collect one's thoughts. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Discombobulate bonzaialsatian 12/03/2002 7:41 PM Re: Discombobulate Faldage 12/03/2002 7:46 PM Re: Discombobulate sjm 12/03/2002 7:56 PM Re: Discombobulate Faldage 12/03/2002 8:15 PM Re: Discombobulate bonzaialsatian 12/03/2002 8:37 PM Re: Discombobulate tsuwm 12/03/2002 8:42 PM Re: Discombobulate bonzaialsatian 12/03/2002 8:50 PM Re: Discombobulate tsuwm 12/03/2002 8:59 PM Re: Discombobulate bonzaialsatian 12/03/2002 9:03 PM Re: Discombobulate RhubarbCommando 12/04/2002 9:53 AM Re: Discombobulate tsuwm 12/04/2002 2:34 PM Re: Discombobulate RhubarbCommando 12/04/2002 2:43 PM Re: Discombobulate Capfka 12/05/2002 8:04 PM Re: Discombobulate emanuela 12/04/2002 8:12 AM Reportin' back... bonzaialsatian 12/03/2002 8:06 PM Re: Discombobulate tsuwm 12/03/2002 8:09 PM Re: Discombobulate WhitmanO'Neill 12/03/2002 7:59 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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