recombobulation

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noun

The act of recombobulating; putting back into order; removing confusion.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

nounrecombobulation (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe act of recombobulating; putting back into order; removing confusion.

    1970 — Amanda Cross, Poetic Justice, p.42, Knopf, 1970 OCLC 76577. ...to the conversation of last night, why has misrule and horseplay brought you to such a state of discombobulation? Or, since it has, may I offer my help in recombobulation?

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    "Is that any way to treat a lady?" she said, adjusting her adipose folds and swatting leaves from her thick wool sweater. "Oh," I stammered, attempting to help her in her huffing recombobulation. "Oh."

    2001, William L. Biersach, The Endless Knot, Lightning Source Inc, →ISBN, page 308

    Jesus had shown an intense lack of interest in this, or any of the other animal-centric schemes that his mother devised such as Wombat Wrangling and Poaching or Bear Wrestling, as he had his own inventiveness to attend to, such as soap recombobulation.

    2010, John DeGraffenried, The Amish Catapult: A Tale of Love and Adventure, AuthorHouse, →ISBN

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