President Donald Trump floated a plan Saturday that he hoped will “totally discombobulate” journalists and make them “go ...
Subscribe in iTunes ∙ RSS feed ∙ Download ∙ Play in another tab Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield discuss the history of the word discombobulate with Wall Street Journal language columnist Ben Zimmer. For ...
The term first appeared as lighthearted slang in early 19th-century American English. Its exaggerated, nearly humorous rhythm reflects the emotion it conveys.