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10 April 2006

Yes, you can be 'whelmed' . . . and still be gramma~~rically~~tically upright and proper. Underwhelmed? I dunno. I guess so, if you want.→[More:]

whelm
To cover with something which cannot be thrown off, generally applied to water; to throw upon something [as opposed to "to throw up" on something," i.e. "to yak" -shane] so as to cover or bury it; to turn the open side of a vessel downwards. [From] Saxon abwhilsan.
-Daniel Fenning's Royal English Dictionary, 1775.

...via Jeffrey Kacirk's Forgotten English Calendar.

Totally unrelated (but available from a retailer who sells Kacirk's stuff and thus found during my search): A really cool Day of the Dead card.

Have a nice day,

post by: shane at: 11:23 | 7 comments

You can also be gruntled. That always makes me happy.

posted by dame 10 April | 11:33

Just once, I'd like to come into work on a Monday morning and be complimented on my sheveled appearance.

posted by gigawhat? 10 April | 11:46

*gruntles dame*

posted by sciurus 10 April | 12:20

I like how "unmolested" has such a different meaning than "molested."

I'd love to hear someone say, "they passed through the checkpoint molested."

posted by drjimmy11 10 April | 12:33

Enough with the paraging comments!

posted by go dog go 10 April | 12:45

Best gards and re-gards to you,

posted by shane 10 April | 15:55

Chupahija would always say that I wasn't kempt.

posted by brujita 10 April | 16:35

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