Linguistic musing

[vvvexation]

Could the state of being flabbergasted be termed "flabbergasm"?

Comments

[olego.livejournal.com]

Sorry:

To put (a person) in such confusion that he does not for the moment know what to do or say; to astonish utterly, to confound.

Hence flabbergastation, the action of flabbergasting; the state of being flabbergasted.

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

Source?

[olego.livejournal.com]

OED.

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

Well, I suppose flabbergastation is almost as good.

[olego.livejournal.com]

*giggle* I liked your suggestion. It was cute. :-)

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I like that... though it also could mean one instance of being really flabbergasted.

[deyo.livejournal.com]

Moreover, if that were true, could one be "orgasted"?

[tshuma]

See, that was my question, too. Except that since something can be orgiastic, can one be "orgiasted"?

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

Ooh, yeah. "I had a huge flabbergasm the other day."