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156 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 10 Feb \ on: What the hell does "nonplussed" mean? ideasfromtheedge

It seems there is an informal use where it is a synonym for unperturbed.

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40 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 OP 10 Feb

I always thought it was a weird word, and I assumed it was the opposite of plussed, whatever that is. I thought plussed must have meant clear and understandable. Boy was I wrong.

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41 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 10 Feb

"The word nonplussed comes from the Latin phrase nōn plūs, which means "not more". The word was first used in English in the 16th century."

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40 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 10 Feb

This is what it means everyone else is wrong

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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 10 Feb

This was my sense

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