Swoggle

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To make someone feel confused, muddled, or unable to think clearly about what is happening
2. To leave a person bewildered and unsure of what to do or believe
3. To throw someone into a state of mental confusion, so that they struggle to follow matters

Etymology: "Swoggle" means to muddle someone's thinking, to leave them bewildered or unable to follow what is happening. The verb is informal and is most often used for confusing talk or a deliberate bit of trickery. Its sound resembles "boggle," which means to be baffled or to hesitate in dismay, and "swindle," which means to cheat. Those resemblances are only that, a matter of shape and sense, and they do not establish where "swoggle" came from.