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Croggled vs Croggle - What's the difference?

croggled | croggle |

In dated|fandom slang|lang=en terms the difference between croggled and croggle

is that croggled is (dated|fandom slang) shocked into temporary paralysis; nonplussed; bemused; bewildered while croggle is (dated|fandom slang) to shock so much as to cause brief paralysis; to stun; to startle.

As verbs the difference between croggled and croggle

is that croggled is (croggle) while croggle is (dated|fandom slang) to shock so much as to cause brief paralysis; to stun; to startle.

As an adjective croggled

is (dated|fandom slang) shocked into temporary paralysis; nonplussed; bemused; bewildered.

croggled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (dated, fandom slang) Shocked into temporary paralysis; nonplussed; bemused; bewildered.
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1962 , date = June , first = Tom , last = Armistead , magazine = Cry of the Nameless , title = Tom Armistead Meets Ellis Mills , url = http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Cry_of_the_Nameless/Cry161rd2.html , issue = 161 , page = , passage = CRY came today, but I really wasn't as croggled as I usually am when CRY comes, because I got a visit from a real WKF last night (this being the 10th). You, of course, know Ellis Mills? }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2009 , last = James Patrick , first = Kelly , authorlink = James Patrick Kelly , title = The Mammoth Book of Best Short Science Fiction Novels , chapter = Mr. Boy , isbn = 9781845299231 , page = 233 , passage = I was so croggled I did not know what to say. }}

    Verb

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  • (croggle)

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    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. }}
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    • , 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

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