They never touched living creatures directly, however; contact with warm flesh discombobulated them, and it took them a long time to get recombobulated.
1989, Carol H. Lankton, Stephen R. Lankton, Tales of Enchantment: Goal-Oriented Metaphors for Adults and Children in Therapy, page 50,
Then he untied himself and got recombobulated and he turned the lights on.
1992, Natty Bumppo Lonely Hearts
Please allow me to recombobulate you. Your portrait “Oneside of Natty” frightens me as much as Amy’s sketch
2002 April 14, Jeff Westbrook, “The 30% Iron Chef”, Futurama, season 3, episode 22, Fox Broadcasting Company
It crossed his mind in a flash that he should tell them that Davey was recombobulated after a fashion and decked out for the inevitable one-night stand; but he knew they were too close for such graphical casualness, so he let it pass.
2005, Stephin Merritt, The Paris Review Book Of People With Problems
You need a little time to recombobulate is all.
2009, Frank S. Robinson, The Case for Rational Optimism, page 7,
This is because parental genes get recombobulated and blended to produce a child.
2011, Nicole Peeler, Eye Of The Tempest: Jane True Series: Book Four, unnumbered page,
I was watching the little birdies fly in front of my eyes, so it took me a second to re-combobulate myself.
