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TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• glitch1985@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  “flammable” and “inflammable” mean the same thing

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  • lillardfair@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    What a country!

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Image

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      • Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        "Inflammable means flammable!"

        • Dr. Nick

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    • Randelung@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Bye, everybody! *dies*

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• NikkiDimes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Why can I be overwhelmed or underwhelmed, but not perfectly adequately whelmed?

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  • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Nobody’s stopping you using “whelmed”. You can just start using it whenever the opportunity arises.

    I use it occasionally, though normally not seriously, along with words where you have an “un” or "dis’, but no positive equivalent, e.g. “gusting” as a positive “disgusting”

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    • Scrollone@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      English lacks a “gusting” word, but romance languages don’t.

      e.g. in Italian “gustoso” is the opposite of “disgustoso”

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      • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        That’s a brilliant fact, and perfect example if anyone disagrees with me, thank you :)

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    • NikkiDimes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      lol I love “gusting.” Next time I eat someone else’s cooking, I’m throwing that out there.

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  • Crewman@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Whelm and overwhelm are synonyms.

    The way I learned it, is that people have a tendency to emphasize, so when became overwhelmed. You see the same thing with ‘good’, ‘great’, and 'epic’meaning the same thing within certain contexts.

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    • NikkiDimes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      If you want to get technical, I believe “whelm” originally came from waves hitting the hull of a ship, overwhelmed was when the waves crashed over the side and onto the deck.

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• CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  ‘Jam’ can mean a fruit preserve, to play music, a stuck door, traffic, to cram something into something else, a tense situation, or to block a radio signal. All spelled and pronounced the same.

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  • tamal3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Also door jambs

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    • zerofk@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Jim should shim the jamb.

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  • imadethis@fedinsfw.app ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Just wait until you learn about ‘set.’

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• olenkoVD@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  the Midwest is in the Eastern US.

  That actually makes sense because it’s from the point of view of Europe.

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  • clabru@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Just as middle east and western Asia are the same region

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    • xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      As an Asian, “Midwest” always feels off. Only now I realized this is the same shit as “Middle East” (which I forgot to give second thoughts as an adult). Now both terms really sucks to me!

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  • basxto@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It is from the POV of the original colonies.

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• IronKrill@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  the Midwest is in the Eastern US.

  This explains some of my US geography confusion over the years…

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  • BigDiction@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Midwest is not a place, it is a People.

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