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In response to "Trish gave it two stars, which had an extra half star for the fashion." by crash davis

We watched the new Scream two nights ago. I was very whelmed 5/10 -- nm

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Jul 3 '22, 19:16

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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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