The Recombobulation Area (2023)

> So in 2008, the wise and good-humored manager (who retired in 2014), did what no other airport manager in the world thought to do: he invented a word and a concept, "recombobulation."

Except that Piers Anthony used it in a book in 1983.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Citations:recombobulate

Polymarket poll that 'recombobulate' enters Nigerian conversational register before Jan 2027.

I think the Discombobulation Area should also be indicated with a sign.

I knew exactly what this meant before reading the article.

I had to pass through a similar screening at the courthouse every morning while I was on a jury. (Unlike airports you don't need to remove your shoes.)

Pro-tip: If you wear a belt, get one with a plastic buckle.

I could certainly do with one of these given the state of the world. What a lovely idea

MKE is a great mid-sized airport. It has, of all things, a nice used book store in it.

Beloved Milwaukee institution.

SFO terminal 2 has something similar, though they might have chosen a different neologism for it.