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Use It in a Sentence: discombobulate
The word is a humorous term first attested in the United States in 1834, a fanciful variant of discompose and discomfit; its meaning is plain confusion.
On air: Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on Late Night BBNPublished
At a glance
- First reported by en.wiktionary.org: “discombobulate”.
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 10:14 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock.
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- en.wiktionary.orgdiscombobulate
What BBN said about it
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe word is discombobulate. Dis. Kum. Bob. Yuh. Layt. It means to throw someone into a state of confusion.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn a sentence: The forecast discombobulated Brock, who then named the cloud.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOh, I love it. I tried discombobulating my filing system, but I just ended up more confused than when I started.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat is not what it means.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHank, I discombobulated you with a compliment and it clearly worked, because you look wonderful and lost.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI am, actually. So that one was correct.
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