croggled
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]croggled (comparative more croggled, superlative most croggled)
- (dated, fandom slang) Shocked into temporary paralysis; nonplussed; bemused; bewildered.
- 1962 June, Tom Armistead, “Tom Armistead Meets Ellis Mills”, in Cry of the Nameless[1], number 161, archived from the original on 26 November 2004:
- 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?
- 2009, Kelly James Patrick, “Mr. Boy”, in The Mammoth Book of Best Short Science Fiction Novels, →ISBN, page 233:
- I was so croggled I did not know what to say.
Verb
[edit]croggled
- simple past and past participle of croggle
References
[edit]- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2025), “croggled adj.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.