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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 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