@abrahampiper: The funny and surprising history of “discombobulate” #etymology #language #linguistics #wordnerd #funfact #history #english #latin #discombobulated

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csect
csect :
I love these. They make me so gruntled.
2024-08-21 21:37:49
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zettagotbored
Zetta Rajaniemi :
..... Are you telling me ..... discombobulate ..... is just the 1800s equivalent of rizz?
2024-08-22 02:54:57
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spasticmunki
Spasticmunki :
Recombobulation is a word... at least according to the Milwaukee Airport.
2024-08-22 00:57:32
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mattbeebe
Matt Beebe :
I have it on pretty good authority that you still can be very much “whelmed,” exclusively in Europe 💁‍♂️
2024-08-22 00:45:10
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marygracelovesyou
☀️marygrace☀️ :
The young generation growing up now loves to un-suffix words! They actually do say “chalant” and “whelmed”.
2024-08-21 21:40:58
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kudrewdj
KU Drew :
I think you can in Europe
2024-08-22 07:03:47
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madebytheshade
Cam :
I think you can [be whelmed] in Europe.
2024-08-21 21:52:52
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shenomadic
SheNomadic :
It’s the skibidi of the 1800s 😂
2024-08-22 22:27:44
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florencehayes398
Florence :
my flabbers are ghasted
2024-08-22 02:04:32
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annecisney933
Librarianne :
It's a perfectly CROMULANT word!
2024-08-22 03:52:03
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scroto_saggin_baggins
Scroto Baggins :
MKE airport literally has an area called the “Recombobulation Area”
2024-08-21 21:40:07
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wiscowisco
wiscowisco :
MKE Airport has a "recombobulation area" after security 🤣❤️🐄🍺🧀
2024-08-21 23:47:03
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rodthebod77
Rodney :
I'm so Whelmed thanks to Young Justice
2024-08-21 21:35:19
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sweetpotatopumpkinpie
Hannah :
I know you can be overwhelmed, and I know you can be underwhelmed, but can you ever just be whelmed?
2024-08-21 21:35:25
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erinvmahoney
user1392838805946 :
bring back whelmed
2024-08-21 22:00:49
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joe23293
Joe :
obscuatulate
2024-08-23 18:53:57
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shiftypeach
meg :
a friend of mine is trying to bring back whelmed
2024-08-21 21:40:38
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happyskippyk
happyskippyk🇨🇦 :
like pjangled - tangled in one's pyjamas 😊
2024-08-26 01:20:37
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andiknits
Andiknits :
Yet we have the recombobulation area here at MKE airport. The sign reminds you that we are Wisconsinites.
2024-08-21 21:55:04
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alice_can_do_it
Alice Bradshaw :
omg this was so good ty😂😂😂
2024-08-23 03:08:21
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vinkiva
Vin Kiva 🏳️‍⚧️ :
My favorite 1800s thing is replacing "ss" in words with "ff". I worked in the archives when I went to Rensselaer. In the like 1920s they made Renffelaer merch to make fun of that old timey trend 🤣
2024-08-22 10:44:15
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rebeccawardart
Rebecca Ward :
Modern one; from a calendar of nonsense words. Furble. To go through the queue line ropes, especially when the queue is empty. I may be the only person who uses it regularly.
2024-08-22 14:26:25
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godricraine
Richard Cranium :
Just picturing Robin in Young Justice talking about being "whelmed"
2024-08-25 13:44:03
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mangohead78
Jeff Hall :
So I can’t be recombulated, but I can be discombobulated more than once.
2024-08-22 01:03:51
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johnthephisherman
JohnThePhisherman :
"To have come undone, I must have once been raveled" - Ben Folds (Draw A Crowd)
2024-08-21 22:43:46
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