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minus-squareBeanson@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·2 years agoMaybe whelmed is just the regular state of being: when expectations are lived up to, but not exceeded?
minus-squaredylanmorgan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoFun fact, “whelm” actually means the same thing as “overwhelmed,” they both mean to be covered over (as in by the sea.)
minus-squareThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoAnd I just learned that “underwhelm” first appeared in the 1950s? https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/underwhelm Gosh I love etymology <3
Maybe whelmed is just the regular state of being: when expectations are lived up to, but not exceeded?
That’s such a whelming answer.
I aim to whelm.
I too feel whelmed
Fun fact, “whelm” actually means the same thing as “overwhelmed,” they both mean to be covered over (as in by the sea.)
And I just learned that “underwhelm” first appeared in the 1950s? https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/underwhelm
Gosh I love etymology <3