A right old duffer of a word…cumbersome and evocative of something just out of moth balls, but used liberally in the Sunday Times mag yesterday.
WTF!
What is it with ‘mot du jour’ words the press latch onto. What the hell’s wrong with confound, confuse, fox, bedevil, befuddle, throw, bewilder, befuddle, dumbfound, flummox, baffle, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stupefy, amaze, gravel, vex, pose, stick, beat?
Flummox is a far superior word – sharper, quirkier and symmetrical with a dash of flair and flourish to convey its meaning far more clearly than discombobulate.
Thank you!
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