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adjective

• Completely out of adjustment, in a state of disarray or malfunction.

  Whenever Windows gets totally discombooberated, you might as well just reboot the system and hope for the best.

  Last edited on Oct 09 2011. Submitted by Mike S. from Huntington, WV, USA on Jul 16 1998.

• not in a normal state.

  After finishing a six-pack and smoking a bowl, he was more than a little discombooberated.

  Last edited on May 01 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on May 01 2013.

• a group of people making a coordinated action

  Last edited on May 01 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on May 01 2013.

noun - plural

• everyone.

  I turned off my Instant Messenger because I didn't want messages from everybody and his brother.

  Last edited on Aug 09 2010. Submitted by Alan from Marina del Rey, CA, USA on May 28 2002.

• beer.

  Let's go get a couple of hounds after work.

  Last edited on Feb 25 1999. Submitted by David S. from Houston, TX 77080, USA on Feb 25 1999.

verb

• To beg.

  Last edited on May 01 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on May 01 2013.

• chicken... Charlie "Yardbird" Parker, liked chicken, hence...

  Last edited on Jan 17 2006. Submitted by Jervinis, G. on Jan 17 2006.

noun

• A chicken

  You drive up to the house, watch out for the yardbirds.

  Last edited on May 29 2008. Submitted by Harold Zimmerman from Pleasanton, CA, USA on May 29 2008.

• A present or former convict. Derivation: Prisoners "on the yard" typically don't have a lot to do, so they spend a lot of time standing around in little groups, working out their social issues. Someone was reminded of chickens in the farmyard, perhaps.

  That place employs so many yardbirds, it's like little Attica.

  Last edited on May 29 2008. Submitted by Harold Zimmerman from Pleasanton, CA, USA on May 29 2008.

• A hobo who would hang around a rail yard waiting for a train.

  Last edited on May 01 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on May 01 2013.