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A term invented and developed in the course of three-way correspondence between US fans [[Dean Grennell]], [[Redd Boggs]] and [[Robert Silverberg]] circa late 1940s or early 1950s. [[Dick Eney]]'s [[Fancyclopedia II]] states that 'croggle' combines the words 'crush' & 'goggle', although [[Grennell]] himself says it is a combination of 'crumble' & 'joggle'. [[Eney]] implies it is a noun, one which describes the state of having been "shocked into momentary physical or mental paralysis".
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To '''''croggle''''' is to amaze and awe or discombobulate and confound or to become so. '''''Croggled''''' describes the resulting state of mind.  
  
[[Harry Warner, Jr.]], on the other hand, in his ''[[A Wealth of Fable]]'' (first version published 1976, but bear in mind [[Warner]]'s career in fandom began much earlier than [[Eney]]'s) declares 'croggle' "is normally a verb signifying intense disturbance of a subjective nature."
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===Origins===
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The term was invented and developed in the course of the [[WO3W]] [[correspondence]] between [[US]] [[fans]] [[Dean Grennell]], [[Redd Boggs]] and [[Robert Silverberg]] circa late 1940s or early 1950s.  
  
I have always thought of 'croggle' as a verb, as in 'to croggle' somebody, i.e. to startle or stun them to the point of being gobsmacked, with the word 'croggled' better used to describe the resulting state of mind of the victim.  
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Its precise etymology and definition then was disputed.  [[Dick Eney]]'s [[Fancyclopedia II]] states that ''croggle'' combines the words ''crush'' and ''goggle'', although [[Grennell]] said it is a combination of ''crumble'' and ''joggle''. Eney implied it is a noun, one which describes the state of having been "shocked into momentary physical or mental paralysis".
  
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[[Harry Warner, Jr.]], on the other hand, in his ''[[A Wealth of Fable]]'' (first version published 1976, but bear in mind Warner's career in [[fandom]] began much earlier than [[Eney]]'s) declared ''croggle'' "is normally a verb signifying intense disturbance of a subjective nature."
  
[[Silverberg]] later recalled that it was comprised of "crush" and "boggle", not "goggle."
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[[Silverberg]] later recalled that it was comprised of ''crush'' and "''boggle'', not ''goggle.''"
  
 
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([[Grennell]]) Roughly meaning shocked into momentary physical or mental paralysis; a portmanteau-word, apparently, combining "crushed" and "goggled", and usually passive or reflexive in application.  
 
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Revision as of 00:23, 28 September 2022

To croggle is to amaze and awe or discombobulate and confound or to become so. Croggled describes the resulting state of mind.

Origins[edit]

The term was invented and developed in the course of the WO3W correspondence between United States fans Dean Grennell, Redd Boggs and Robert Silverberg circa late 1940s or early 1950s.

Its precise etymology and definition then was disputed. Dick Eney's Fancyclopedia II states that croggle combines the words crush and goggle, although Grennell said it is a combination of crumble and joggle. Eney implied it is a noun, one which describes the state of having been "shocked into momentary physical or mental paralysis".

Harry Warner, Jr., on the other hand, in his A Wealth of Fable (first version published 1976, but bear in mind Warner's career in fandom began much earlier than Eney's) declared croggle "is normally a verb signifying intense disturbance of a subjective nature."

Silverberg later recalled that it was comprised of crush and "boggle, not goggle."

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959
(Grennell) Roughly meaning shocked into momentary physical or mental paralysis; a portmanteau-word, apparently, combining "crushed" and "goggled", and usually passive or reflexive in application.

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