Discombobulate

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:40 pm

Well, saying that word in class today brought the house down, and rampant 7th graders were heard saying it up and down the hallway all day. I'll have to lay low in the classroom tomorrow, I think every teacher in school is tired of hearing it said twenty times a class and will know who first said it..............................:wah:

beowulf · Post by **beowulf** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:45 pm

superb word............need to be used more

:D:D

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 2:12 pm

chonsigirl;1306744 wrote: Well, saying that word in class today brought the house down, and rampant 7th graders were heard saying it up and down the hallway all day. I'll have to lay low in the classroom tomorrow, I think every teacher in school is tired of hearing it said twenty times a class and will know who first said it..............................:wah:

I hear ya Chonsi...That is so funny:wah: I can just see your kidlets running rampant saying this word:yh_rotfl

My kidlets were overzealous today and they used the word alllllllllllll day....

:wah: For sure, they'll use this word on the NJASK Test.....

Have you completed your State Testing Chonsi? We begin on May 10th...oy vey...I'm sick of test preps....:rolleyes:

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:26 pm

Testing was finished in March-early, wasn't it? Scarey waiting for the scores, my school has never made it to the passing level in all the years I've been there. Their last science test they bombed, I was shocked, first time this year. And all scores are scrutized by admin on up........

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:41 pm

chonsigirl;1306764 wrote: Testing was finished in March-early, wasn't it? Scarey waiting for the scores, my school has never made it to the passing level in all the years I've been there. Their last science test they bombed, I was shocked, first time this year. And all scores are scrutized by admin on up........

WOW...that's early....

~~~~Same here Chonsi....It's a worry~~~~ We've been working on division forever, and the kids still don't understand it when dealing with division in word problems. Their writing is much, much better, but sometimes they become too overconfident.

We won't get our results until next September

Good luck to your class Chonsi:-6

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:45 pm

Wow, September is a long time to wait. I think we will know last week of school, kind of ruins the summer if it is bad news. I hope your kidlets get division!

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:46 pm

chonsigirl;1306744 wrote: Well, saying that word in class today brought the house down, and rampant 7th graders were heard saying it up and down the hallway all day. I'll have to lay low in the classroom tomorrow, I think every teacher in school is tired of hearing it said twenty times a class and will know who first said it..............................:wah:

too cool chonis!:yh_rotfl

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:55 pm

chonsigirl;1306772 wrote: Wow, September is a long time to wait. I think we will know last week of school, kind of ruins the summer if it is bad news. I hope your kidlets get division!

It is Chonsi, but I think you get your results earlier as your kids will be moving on to high school soon. You'll need the results quicker to prepare them for their final tests. Our kids are only 3rd graders, so they've made the tests a bit later on than our intermediate schools.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:59 pm

Oh, that makes sense, Kathy.

Post by **spot** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 4:35 pm

I'm wondering what the context was.

If you're just telling some poor creature off, accusing her of meretricious lackadaisical anthropophagite tendencies should bring her to heel. Though it might get you bitten if she works it out.

If you want classical abuse, Kent's outburst at II:2:20 in King Lear is as good a guide as one could look for.

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 4:58 pm

spot;1306784 wrote: I'm wondering what the context was.

If you're just telling some poor creature off, accusing her of meretricious laxidasical anthropophagite tendencies should bring her to heel. Though it might get you bitten if she works it out.

If you want classical abuse, Kent's outburst at II:2:20 in King Lear is as good a guide as one could look for.

Are you ok Spot? What are you talking about?

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 5:09 pm

Mr Spot is trying to bobulate us all!!!

--------------------------

KENT

Fellow, I know thee.

OSWALD

What dost thou know me for?

KENT

A knave; a rascal; an eater of broken meats; a

base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited,

hundred-pound, filthy, worsted-stocking knave; a

lily-livered, action-taking knave, a whoreson,

glass-gazing, super-serviceable finical rogue;

one-trunk-inheriting slave; one that wouldst be a

bawd, in way of good service, and art nothing but

the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pandar,

and the son and heir of a mongrel bitch: one whom I

will beat into clamorous whining, if thou deniest

the least syllable of thy addition.

Mr Shakespeare.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:33 pm

Discombobulated pretty much how my week has been great word.. :-6

Bevdee · Post by **Bevdee** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:10 pm

You know what's funny? Discombobulate means upset or discomfort. but combobulate does not mean comfort - it's not a word!!

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 1:04 am

Bevdee;1306816 wrote: You know what's funny? Discombobulate means upset or discomfort. but combobulate does not mean comfort - it's not a word!!

It might not be a word in America, Bevdee, but it is heard often in Australia.

Your face would combobulate a Tassie devil.

(meaning something like you're easy on the eye)

The more bonza the bloke, the more combobulated the barbie

(meaning watch out for sharks when swimming)

And I could go on......

mikeinie · Post by **mikeinie** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:28 am

I don’t blame them, it is a great word. I like to us it as well.

With Iceland being in the news lately with their volcano, my daughter learned that the capital of Iceland is Reykjavik. She thought that that was hilarious and spend the whole day saying Reykjavik in her Scooby-Doo voice.

RRRReykjavik????

Hey Shaggy.. rets go to RRRReykjavik…

It was funny

Bevdee · Post by **Bevdee** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 6:57 am

AussiePam;1306819 wrote: It might not be a word in America, Bevdee, but it is heard often in Australia.

Your face would combobulate a Tassie devil.

(meaning something like you're easy on the eye)

The more bonza the bloke, the more combobulated the barbie

(meaning watch out for sharks when swimming)

And I could go on......

You could... but it would only discombobulate me to hear all these words I have never heard before. Bonza? Aint that some little tree? :yh_rotfl

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:24 am

chonsigirl;1306744 wrote: Well, saying that word in class today brought the house down, and rampant 7th graders were heard saying it up and down the hallway all day. I'll have to lay low in the classroom tomorrow, I think every teacher in school is tired of hearing it said twenty times a class and will know who first said it..............................:wah:

It could have been worse, you could have said, "titillate."

Or you might have totally blown a phrase like I did the other day when I tried to say "pushy person" in class.

"pu$$y pershon":-3

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:33 am

AussiePam;1306819 wrote: It might not be a word in America, Bevdee, but it is heard often in Australia.

Your face would combobulate a Tassie devil.

(meaning something like you're easy on the eye)

The more bonza the bloke, the more combobulated the barbie

(meaning watch out for sharks when swimming)

And I could go on......

:yh_rotfl

I vote we petition to have combobulate and all its forms & tenses accepted into the Ameribritaussie vocabulary. (Also French, Le combobulated and Spanish, El combobulatedoro)

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 1:35 pm

Zapata;1306933 wrote: :yh_rotfl

I vote we petition to have combobulate and all its forms & tenses accepted into the Ameribritaussie vocabulary. (Also French, Le combobulated and Spanish, El combobulatedoro)

Gallic shrug

The French, not surprisingly, have been there for quite a while!!

Vous me combobulez - You're too kind

Allez faire le combob!! - Go take a running er jump!

Espèce de salaud combobulé!! - You twit!

Se décombobuler - Get out of trouble

Décombobulez le chien - Get the dog neutered!

Street French, verlan- style, of course has the usual few backwards forms. (Don't use on your elderly Parisian relative)

T'es bocom, toi - You're kinda sexy!

Déboc avec moi? - Let's ####?

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 1:53 pm

I have been discombobulated a lot recently, great word.

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:40 pm

[QUOTE=AussiePam;1306988]

Gallic shrug

The French, not surprisingly, have been there for quite a while!!

Vous me combobulez - You're too kind

Allez faire le combob!! - Go take a running er jump!

Espèce de salaud combobulé!! - You twit!

Se décombobuler - Get out of trouble

Décombobulez le chien - Get the dog neutered!

Street French, verlan- style, of course has the usual few backwards forms. (Don't use on your elderly Parisian relative)

T'es bocom, toi - You're kinda sexy!

Déboc avec moi? - Let's ####?[/QUOTE]

I can see it being used in highschool French classes:

Voici mon deboc. Sur le deboc, il y a un stylo et du papier. Je efface le deboc. Mon duboc est tres bon march`e! (Oops, I don't have the proper accent marks, ~ ` ' " Where'd you get that one?)

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:56 pm

Zapata;1307006 wrote: [QUOTE=AussiePam;1306988]

Gallic shrug

The French, not surprisingly, have been there for quite a while!!

Vous me combobulez - You're too kind

Allez faire le combob!! - Go take a running er jump!

Espèce de salaud combobulé!! - You twit!

Se décombobuler - Get out of trouble

Décombobulez le chien - Get the dog neutered!

Street French, verlan- style, of course has the usual few backwards forms. (Don't use on your elderly Parisian relative)

T'es bocom, toi - You're kinda sexy!

Déboc avec moi? - Let's ####?[/QUOTE]

I can see it being used in highschool French classes:

Voici mon deboc. Sur le deboc, il y a un stylo et du papier. Je efface le deboc. Mon duboc est tres bon march`e! (Oops, I don't have the proper accent marks, ~ ` ' " Where'd you get that one?)

Merde, alors!! C'putain de klébard a mangé mon combob!! Je vais lui serrer le kiki.

Shytte. The bl^^dy dog has eaten my homework. I'll break his ^%$# neck.

(J’ai un clavier franÃ§ais, moi!)

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 4:26 pm

Here are a few for you Pam ! :wah: :p

é é é é é é

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 4:35 pm

G#Gill;1307031 wrote: Here are a few for you Pam ! :wah: :p

é é é é é é

I got plenty of them thangs, G#Gill - but they lack unto the delectable Zappy!

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:10 pm

AussiePam;1307035 wrote: I got plenty of them thangs, G#Gill - but they lack unto the delectable Zappy!

Can I buy a couple offa ya? Or Gill?

I noticed when I was typing on a machine in London that their keyboards are different from ours. So many more interesting little doodads.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:19 pm

Zapata;1307047 wrote: Can I buy a couple offa ya? Or Gill?

I noticed when I was typing on a machine in London that their keyboards are different from ours. So many more interesting little doodads.

Yep, there are a load of different keyboards just in Europe - wreaks havoc with my touchtyping speed, as I go from one to another.

Many of the internet cafes in Sydney use Asian keyboards, for even more fun.

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:37 pm

AussiePam;1307051 wrote: Yep, there are a load of different keyboards just in Europe - wreaks havoc with my touchtyping speed, as I go from one to another.

Many of the internet cafes in Sydney use Asian keyboards, for even more fun.

Do they have Chinese symbols, instead of letters?

中國符號

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:44 pm

Zapata;1307047 wrote: Can I buy a couple offa ya? Or Gill?

I noticed when I was typing on a machine in London that their keyboards are different from ours. So many more interesting little doodads.

Try pressing and holding down the right hand [Alt Gr] tab then press the [e] whilst you are still holding down the [Alt Gr] key. That's how I get the é

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:50 pm

Thanks, Gill. Do I have a GR key? Where is it???

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 8:15 pm

"Bumfuzzled"