the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand
looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for discombobulated
If you remember bob(of a pendulum and think of the movement of swinging to and fro)
bobulate - make something swing to and fro, here and there - to get someone confused.
the word itself is so tough to pronunce that u get CONFUSED
combo means two or more(kinda mix) or can also be said as composed. wen it is discombo,then the combination is not there and u are confused with the discomposed version.
After hearing the news of "Disco mein Bomb" everybody was thrown into confusion and they started running like mad.
discombobulated = dis + comb + bobulate = when you comb something it gets composed, when it is discomb-obulated, it gets discomposed or disconcerted
discombobulated:'dis'(this) place+has 'become' 'bobulated'(consists of lots of bubbles) and therefore u become confused in there
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