First encountered: A favourite of my good friend Laura Colborn, and used frequently when we shared the corner of an office at Bates Dorland, in Westbourne Terrace.
How it's used: The change of plans discombobulated the Duchess, who had been planning a quiet night in with a bottle of Gin.
Whilst usually the epitome of cool, Friedrich was discombobulated by Helga's heimal stare.
How you can use it: However you like - it's a handy word to throw into conversation. 'I was feeling discombobulated ' is a good excuse for occasions when you have 1) arrived late for a meeting 2) failed to hand in your homework 3) burnt the toast.
OR
I know my shoes are on the wrong feet and my shirt is on backwards but I was discombobulated by finding my wife in the shower with the postman.
Origin: It appears that someone just made it up and it caught on. Possibly American, and possibly corrupted from discompose, sometime in the 19th or early 20th Century.
Discombobulation in Theatre: if you're in Eastbourne next March you could go to see Angus Barr and Merce Ribot in their play, called Discombobulated http://www.ents24.com/web/event/Discombobulated-Under-Ground-Theatre-Eastbourne-2749077.html
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