Masimatutu@mander.xyz to me_irl@lemmy.ml · 11 months agome_irlfiles.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1442arrow-down113
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minus-squaredylanmorgan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 months 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-up4·11 months agoAnd I just learned that “underwhelm” first appeared in the 1950s? https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/underwhelm Gosh I love etymology <3
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