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I like 'sublime' for that. It sounds like an object could have three states: lime, sublime, and superlime. Something that is sublime would somehow be inferior
by ljm 5y ago
I like 'sublime' for that. It sounds like an object could have three states: lime, sublime, and superlime.
Something that is sublime would somehow be inferior to its lime counterpart. Like everything has an innate limeness.
- gota 5y agoApparently it could have been like that, as it comes from 'sub'+'limen' ("threshold") Disclaimer: I just googled "sublime etymology"
- smhenderson 5y agoMy favorite is "why is no one ever whelmed?". I've seen this many times in popular culture over the years. People get overwhelmed and underwhelmed but no one ever seems to just get whelmed, even though it's really the same thing as overwhelmed.
- twic 5y agoSubb! I suggest you make a backmal undertological antiposal about this.