becroggle
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɒɡəl
Verb
editbecroggle (third-person singular simple present becroggles, present participle becroggling, simple past and past participle becroggled)
- (dated, fandom slang) To cause shock or confusion sufficient to cause brief paralysis.
- 1982, Marion Zimmer Bradley, “Darkover Retrospective”, in The Planet Savers/Sword of Aldones, page 347:
- When I finally figured out that she was asking if I was sad at not winning a Nebula, I was becroggled. I finally found my voice and told her that in twenty-five years of reading and writing science fiction, I had heard a hell of a lot of gauche questions, butthat really took the cake.
References
edit- Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “becroggle”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 14 and 29.