It doesn't really matter what this word means, it's way too much fun to leave in a dictionary.
It's used more in the USA than in England (in fact I've never heard anyone use it in England) but it has a long English history, all the same.
Bumfuzzle means to confusedor fluster.
Don't bumfuzzle me!
It's unlikely that anyone will know what you mean if you use it, but, hey, that just means that everyone will be bumfuzzled.
Poetic justice or what?
(Well, possibly not that poetic...)
Word To Use Today: bumfuzzle. The Old English form of this word is dumfoozle, an unusual instance of the meaning of the Old English form of a word being easier to guess than its modern equivalent.
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