[HN Gopher] The Recombobulation Area
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       The Recombobulation Area
        
       Author : sans_souse
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2025-02-09 20:44 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (onmilwaukee.com)
        
       | rasalas wrote:
       | I knew exactly what this meant before reading the article.
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       | I had to pass through a similar screening at the courthouse every
       | morning while I was on a jury. (Unlike airports you don't need to
       | remove your shoes.)
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       | Pro-tip: If you wear a belt, get one with a plastic buckle.
        
       | codeduck wrote:
       | > So in 2008, the wise and good-humored manager (who retired in
       | 2014), did what no other airport manager in the world thought to
       | do: he invented a word and a concept, "recombobulation."
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       | Except that Piers Anthony used it in a book in 1983.
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       | https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Citations:recombobulate
        
         | dr_dshiv wrote:
         | With a word like that, it's more like a discovery than an
         | invention
        
       | veryfancy wrote:
       | Beloved Milwaukee institution.
        
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