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Croggle vs Coggle - What's the difference?

croggle | coggle |

As verbs the difference between croggle and coggle

is that croggle is (dated|fandom slang) to shock so much as to cause brief paralysis; to stun; to startle while coggle is to move or walk unsteadily.

As a noun coggle is

a small fishing boat or coggle can be cobble (all senses).

croggle

English

Verb

(croggl)
  • (dated, fandom slang) To shock so much as to cause brief paralysis; to stun; to startle.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1959 , first = Richard "Dick" Harris , last = Eney , title = Fancyclopedia II , url = http://fanac.org/Fannish_Reference_Works/Fancyclopedia/Fancyclopedia_II/charlie.html , section = Croggle , passage = CROGGLE (Grennell)    Roughly meaning shocked into momentary physical or mental paralysis; a portmanteau-word, apparently, combining "crushed" and "goggled", and usually passive or reflexive in application. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1988 , first = Sharyn , last = McCrumb , authorlink = Sharyn McCrumb , title = , passage = Hope you're no longer croggled by all the mundanes in 'Frisco. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2000 , first = Bruce , last = Schneier , authorlink = Bruce Schneier , title = Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World , isbn = 9780471253112 , passage = Other than croggle at its naïveté, I'm not sure how to respond to this. Making source code public does not increase the number of vulnerabilities, only the awareness of them by the general public. }}

    Derived terms

    * becroggle * crogglement

    References

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    coggle

    English

    Etymology 1

    Origin obscure. Perhaps from .

    Verb

    (coggl)
  • To move or walk unsteadily

    • Etymology 2

    See .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small fishing boat.

    • Etymology 3

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • cobble (all senses)
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