Whelmed means overcome, so it’s redundant. Even if it’s been used for hundreds of years. And that just proves my point of it’s only a non-word until it’s used enough.
I argued that anything is a word if it’s said enough, read my previous two comments. This whole thread started because someone was glad that someone else said more impact rather than impactful. I made fun of that. FUN. Light-hearted. So many people here are so serious all the time.
P.S. over-overcome is redundant and overwhelmed should not be a word. And yes, I think we could do better with the English language, so did C.S. Lewis.
"Overwhelmed" has an etymology going back to at least the 16th century so you might want to reconsider that statement.
Whelmed means overcome, so it’s redundant. Even if it’s been used for hundreds of years. And that just proves my point of it’s only a non-word until it’s used enough.
Dude, your bar to entry is redundancy? In the English language? Your dictionary must look like a pamphlet.
I argued that anything is a word if it’s said enough, read my previous two comments. This whole thread started because someone was glad that someone else said more impact rather than impactful. I made fun of that. FUN. Light-hearted. So many people here are so serious all the time.
P.S. over-overcome is redundant and overwhelmed should not be a word. And yes, I think we could do better with the English language, so did C.S. Lewis.