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In response to "just finished Last Night in Soho. mixed bag" by crash davis

Trish gave it two stars, which had an extra half star for the fashion.

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Jul 3 '22, 19:11

She accused me of watching it because it had my "TV girlfriend"

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We watched the new Scream two nights ago. I was very whelmed 5/10 -- nm - crash davis Jul 3, 19:16 9
- Yeah—it’s pretty so so -- nm - Flavorize Jul 3, 20:59
- "Whelmed" means "overwhelmed". -- nm - Ender Jul 3, 20:12 7
  - Stop trying to make fetch happen. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 3, 20:29
  - Merriam gives two contradictory definitions, the first one indicates a disastrous result, the second one a positive result. So whelm works - crash davis Jul 3, 20:28 4
    - It literally says "overwhelm" in your second definition! -- nm - Ender Jul 3, 20:39 3
      - Ah, the cause of this is a line of dialog in 10HAT - which is quoted on the Merriam-Webster page. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 20:57
      - Or ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 3, 20:48
      - here, I found something better for you: Whelm - Weapon (warhammer), legendary (requires attunement by a dwarf) -- (edited) - crash davis Jul 3, 20:47
  - Not colloquially, at least not in this context. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 20:25

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