So I know you can be overwhelmed and you can be underwhelmed could you ever just be whelmed?
2006-08-12 06:42:52 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I am in a constant state of whelm. Even Steven, baby. Never too high, never too low.
2006-08-12 06:56:21 · answer #1 · answered by Diesel Weasel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your interesting question lead me to seek the etymology of the word "whelm" Look at the history of the word below:
whelm
c.1300, probably from a parallel form of O.E. -hwielfan (W.Saxon), -hwelfan (Mercian), in ahwelfan "cover over;" probably altered by association with O.E. helmian "to cover" (see helmet).
(If I read it correctly, it looks like it means "helmet")
So I decided to seek the word "whelm" in the dictionary. This is what I found:
whelm
tr.v. whelmed, whelm·ing, whelms
To cover with water; submerge.
What I draw from this is that when one is overwhelmed, it means that water covers the helmet---- kind of like drowning!
I don't think one can manage to just be "whelmed"...
Please let me know if you need more information before you choose the best answer!
2006-08-12 13:51:05 · answer #2 · answered by User 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sorry, but I think whelming should be done only by consenting adults in the privacy of their own home. Whelming is no spectator sport!
2006-08-12 13:48:45 · answer #3 · answered by Gungnir 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What a question my whelm has never been so over
2006-08-12 13:45:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess wheneber we aren't deeply affected by something we are whelmed
2006-08-12 13:48:09 · answer #5 · answered by GD-Fan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ummmmmm, whats whelmed?
2006-08-12 13:46:06 · answer #6 · answered by Love My Soldier 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-08-12 13:51:02 · answer #7 · answered by superlawyerdude 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't see why not.
2006-08-12 14:07:43 · answer #8 · answered by Bullchit 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ha ha ha whats that? lol im gonna whelm you
2006-08-12 13:45:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why not...its like being in neutral...or having the cruise control on...things are just right...
Sadly, that doesn't happen too often.
2006-08-12 13:46:15 · answer #10 · answered by American Girl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋