Germany

[becks]

As i have just learned Germany is made up of "Lander" including recombobulated ones from the eastern side, but what does recombobulated mean?

[Quizmonster]

I've never heard of 'recombobulated - and nor has The Oxford English Dictionary - so I guess it's just a Bernardo 'coinage'!

'Discombobulated', now, that is a jocular word created in the USA in the 1830s to mean 'disturbed', 'disconcerted' or 'confused'.

I'm sure Bernardo himself will be along to explain, but I imagine he was suggesting that the division of Germany into East and West after World War II 'disturbed' the L�nder, whereas reunification into one country again got rid of that 'confusion'. 'Recombobulated' is, doubtless, a wonderful word, but I can't see it catching on somehow!

[becks]

Ah i knew i had heard it before but it's discombobulated i've heard of. I couldn't find it anywhere or in the dictionary either that's why i had to ask. What a shame i really like the word. thanks anyway x