pericombobulation

Definitions

Disturbance and confusion.

countable, humorous, uncountable

Examples

“Because we have⟳ cultured, Euro accents and enunciate properly, we try⟳ and slip⟳ made up words into our meetings and watch⟳ the USers eat⟳ them up because like⟳ the saying about the bigger the lie⟳, the more people believe⟳ it, the more syllables a word has the more readily they will accept⟳ it. Example: "We have⟳ identified an anuspeptic, some would say⟳ phrasmotic, phased paradigm shift in the market of interphrastic proportions. It's causing much contrafribbilarities^([sic]) and indeed much pericombobulation in the ABC1 sector. Frankly, we're Donald Ducked."”

“Oh come⟳ now, I for one am quite phrasmotic for the pericombobulation Paul has suffered, and can only wish⟳ that in future he will have⟳ the sense⟳ to complete⟳ his assignments more interphrastically.”

“I hope⟳ this is not causing the poster any pericombobulations.”

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