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What if we called them k formations, by applying the same rule we're trying to describe to the word backfoations? Overwhelmed/underwhelmed -> whelmed Discombob
by sour-taste 3y ago
What if we called them k formations, by applying the same rule we're trying to describe to the word backfoations?
Overwhelmed/underwhelmed -> whelmed
Discombobulated -> combobulate
Disghust -> ghust
- jprete 3y agoOT, but I looked up "whelmed" in after reading your comment and...we never really needed "overwhelmed" at all. Just plain "whelmed" seems bad enough.
- ajcp 3y agoI use "whelming" almost daily to denote something that I or the person I'm talking to expect to be over/underwhelming, but turns out not to be. Them: "How'd you like that new burger joint Bad Jimmies? I heard it's amazing!" Me: "Not bad, but I found their burgers to be...[0] whelming." 0. The pregnant pause-for-effect is very important here, since it makes even the use of "whelming" a whelming experience.