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Meaning of combobulated
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The word combobulated appeared in a reply to my post on Channel 9. I asked the poster for the meaning of the word but he hasn't replied. I've searched Google and Yahoo, and all the dictionaries I know of:
(1) M-Websters
(2) One Look
(3) Wikipedia
(4) Infoplease
(5) Michael Quinion's website
and basically exhausted the resources I know of, but haven't come accross the meaning of the word. While there is a reference to the antonym discombobulated even in this thread I came accross on Usenet.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=6aa9dd15fa2e263c&rnum=1
however, there's no direct reference to the word combobulated in any place I've looked. And going by the opposite of the suggested antonym, what would jamie's post in that thread mean?
The word combobulated appeared in a reply to my post on Channel 9. I asked the poster for the meaning of the word but he hasn't replied. I've searched Google and Yahoo, and all the dictionaries I know of:
(1) M-Websters
(2) One Look
(3) Wikipedia
(4) Infoplease
(5) Michael Quinion's website
and basically exhausted the resources I know of, but haven't come accross the meaning of the word. While there is a reference to the antonym discombobulated even in this thread I came accross on Usenet.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=6aa9dd15fa2e263c&rnum=1
however, there's no direct reference to the word combobulated in any place I've looked. And going by the opposite of the suggested antonym, what would jamie's post in that thread mean?
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PostID=9769 The word combobulated appeared in a reply to my post on Channel 9. I asked the poster for the ... the word.
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[nq:1]http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=9769 The word combobulated appeared in a reply to my post on Channel 9. I asked the poster for the ... the word. While there is a reference to the antonym discombobulated even in this thread I came accross on Usenet.[/nq]
It mu
It mu
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Sathyaish filted:
[nq:1]however, there's no direct reference to the word combobulated in any place I've looked. And going by the opposite of the suggested antonym, what would jamie's post in that thread mean?[/nq]
"Combobulated" is a synonym for "plussed"..r
[nq:1]however, there's no direct reference to the word combobulated in any place I've looked. And going by the opposite of the suggested antonym, what would jamie's post in that thread mean?[/nq]
"Combobulated" is a synonym for "plussed"..r
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Sathyaish wrote on 10 Jun 2004:
[nq:1]http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=9769 The word combobulated appeared in a reply to my post on Channel 9. I asked the poster for the ... the word. While there is a reference to the antonym discombobulated even in this thread I cam
[nq:1]http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=9769 The word combobulated appeared in a reply to my post on Channel 9. I asked the poster for the ... the word. While there is a reference to the antonym discombobulated even in this thread I cam
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[nq:1]Sathyaish filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]however, there's no direct reference to the word combobulated in ... suggested antonym, what would jamie's post in that thread mean?[/nq]
[nq:1]"Combobulated" is a synonym for "plussed"..r[/nq]
But not, strangely, "concerted."
Bob Lieblich
Trying to combobulate
[nq:2]however, there's no direct reference to the word combobulated in ... suggested antonym, what would jamie's post in that thread mean?[/nq]
[nq:1]"Combobulated" is a synonym for "plussed"..r[/nq]
But not, strangely, "concerted."
Bob Lieblich
Trying to combobulate
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[nq:1]http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=9769 The word combobulated appeared in a reply to my post on Channel 9. I asked the poster for the meaning of the word but he hasn't replied. I've searched Google and Yahoo, and all the dictionaries I know of:[/nq]
It is probab
It is probab
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[nq:2]Sathyaish filted: "Combobulated" is a synonym for "plussed"..r[/nq]
[nq:1]But not, strangely, "concerted."[/nq]
And not a million miles away from "gruntled"
[nq:1]But not, strangely, "concerted."[/nq]
And not a million miles away from "gruntled"
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[nq:2]http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=9769 The word combobulated appeared in a reply to my ... Google and Yahoo, and all the dictionaries I know of:[/nq]
[nq:1]It is probably an error for discombobulate:[/nq]
It is probably a (jocularly intended, though the pos
[nq:1]It is probably an error for discombobulate:[/nq]
It is probably a (jocularly intended, though the pos
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[nq:1]http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=9769 The word combobulated appeared in a reply to my post on Channel 9. I asked the poster for the ... the word. While there is a reference to the antonym discombobulated even in this thread I came accross on Usenet.[/nq]
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[nq:1]English teems with words with negative prefixes that have no simple form gruntled, mayed, etc.[/nq]
As in one of my sig quotes:
The Society for the Preservation of
Tithesis commends your ebriated and
scrutable use of delible and
defatigable, which are gainly, sipid
and couth. We are gruntled and
consolate that you have the ertia and
eptitude to choose such put
As in one of my sig quotes:
The Society for the Preservation of
Tithesis commends your ebriated and
scrutable use of delible and
defatigable, which are gainly, sipid
and couth. We are gruntled and
consolate that you have the ertia and
eptitude to choose such put
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[nq:1]It must be a "nonce word," something created on the spur of the moment, for fun or to fill a special need.[/nq]
I've wondered about the word as well, and everything I've seen indicates that it is indeed a nonce word. If you examine it, it seems possible to analyze "dis-com-bob-ul-ate" as "un-together-BOB-diminutive-cause". The problem is "bob". I see Latin "bombyx" (silk) and "bubulus" (
I've wondered about the word as well, and everything I've seen indicates that it is indeed a nonce word. If you examine it, it seems possible to analyze "dis-com-bob-ul-ate" as "un-together-BOB-diminutive-cause". The problem is "bob". I see Latin "bombyx" (silk) and "bubulus" (
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