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[-] beanson@lemmy.ml 27 points 10 months ago

Maybe whelmed is just the regular state of being: when expectations are lived up to, but not exceeded?

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 25 points 10 months ago

That's such a whelming answer.

[-] beanson@lemmy.ml 13 points 10 months ago

I aim to whelm.

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

I too feel whelmed

[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 9 points 10 months ago

Fun fact, “whelm” actually means the same thing as “overwhelmed,” they both mean to be covered over (as in by the sea.)

[-] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago

And I just learned that "underwhelm" first appeared in the 1950s? https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/underwhelm

Gosh I love etymology <3

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