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discombobulate

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dis⋅com⋅bob⋅u⋅late

  [dis-kuhm-bob-yuh-leyt]
–verb (used with object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
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Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; fanciful alter. of discompose or discomfort

Related forms:
dis⋅com⋅bob⋅u⋅la⋅tion, noun
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dis·com·bob·u·late   (dĭs'kəm-bŏb'yə-lāt')   
tr.v.   dis·com·bob·u·lat·ed, dis·com·bob·u·lat·ing, dis·com·bob·u·lates
To throw into a state of confusion. See Synonyms at confuse.

[Perhaps alteration of discompose.]
dis'com·bob'u·la'tion n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
discombobulate [dɪskəmˈbɑbjəlet]

  1. tv.
    to confuse or perplex someone. : That kind of discussion discombobulates me something awful.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

discombobulate 
1834, Amer.Eng., fanciful coinage of a type popular then (originally discombobricate).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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