Whelmed

I knew there was a root word whelm for "overwhelmed" and "underwhelmed".  I did not know (until I read http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-whe1.htm and http://www.word-detective.com/030600.html#overwhelm) that "underwhelmed" was such a recent creation (and initially a joke word at that).

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I'm Whelmed

I've always wondered this myself.

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