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If you can be underwhelmed and overwhelmed can you be whelmed? Never considered this before

pamtay
2 weeks ago
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blacklabrador

I remember hearing Susie Dent talking about this on a podcast a while back.

Most of these words have an alternative - My favourite was to be Combobulated, the opposite of discombobulated.

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pamtay

blacklabrador that's true no body ever says that either!

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MelissaLee1

Yep.You can.To be whelmed is to be engulfed or buryed.So under or over is the extent to which you are whelmed lol. Image

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pamtay

Then that is what we should aspire to. No wonder it is uncommon!

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Lynibis

www.yourdictionary.com/articles/whelmed-history

This explains it far better than I can but seems to have differing explanations when searched online.

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MrsCraig

I remember a character asking that question on a TV show years ago, can't remember which one now but yes you can be whelmed.

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pamtay

MrsCraig probably doesn't happen much. Most people in the world have to little and a few elite have far too much

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Leannexxx

I'm so overwhelmed at the moment don't know what to think or do 😭

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pamtay

Leannexxx haha xx

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