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#180660 12/03/08 01:54 PM
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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.


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ParkinT #180671 12/04/08 10:00 AM
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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.
zmjezhd #180689 12/05/08 01:13 AM
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Well, then. Discomboobulate must is the SWE form. All other versions are inferior substitutes;

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Originally Posted By: zmjezhd
different dialects

The Pook doesn't speak a dialect; he speaks the Queen's Strine.

Too roit moit! cool


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