I am whelmed to learn this information
I am whelmed to learn this information
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My flabbers are gasted.
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apologies for the kindle screenshot, can't find the plain text anywhere
page 191, the etymologicon, mark forsyth
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"You can add the frequentive suffix and call the pig a gruntler" sounds like profanity from a sci-fi movie.
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I thought it was the opposite of datgruntled.
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Oh shit it's dis boi
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What a gorm thing to say.
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I know a Norwegian called Gorm and I can indeed imagine him saying this
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I am nonplussed.
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This entire thread is very chalant.
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I find it sensical.
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Above an underling you will find a ling and above them, you will find an overling.
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The existence of weaklings implies the existence of stronglings.
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Same reason you don’t know individual is the opposite of dividual and derived from indivisible. Collective amnesia.
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we do use "divide(d)" a lot though which is very close.
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Also fun: chuffed. It's a contronym!
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There's a whole song about it: https://youtu.be/F6yGpJCEzqw
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https://youtu.be/F6yGpJCEzqw without the trackers.
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why does nobody use this word?
because it's just a joke.
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Pfft, seems perfectly cromulent to me.
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Why isn't anyone just whelmed?
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I think I'm more combobulated.
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Happy gruntled noises
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It gruntles the mind
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This gruntles Zulthar.
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Gruntle - the revival of grunge with a motivational spin.
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Keep your employees gruntled.
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Why does "gruntled" sound even more unhappy than "disgruntled?"
Probably because "grunt" is a sound you usually make when unhappy.
It's a real fiction, non-fiction switcheroo.