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 Post subject: HEY OBNERS: NONPLUSSED MEANS PERPLEXED!!
PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:39 pm 
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http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/nonplussed

not 'meh' or :shrug:


Just FYI...possibly the most misused word on this board

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I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:45 pm 
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SHOCKING NEWS!

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:47 pm 
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Yail Bloor Wrote:
SHOCKING NEWS!


Parents, what you are about to see may not be suitable for your children to view...

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Throughout his life, from childhood until death, he was beset by severe swings of mood. His depressions frequently encouraged, and were exacerbated by, his various vices. His character mixed a superficial Enlightenment sensibility for reason and taste with a genuine and somewhat Romantic love of the sublime and a propensity for occasionally puerile whimsy.
harry Wrote:
I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

FT Wrote:
LooGAR (the straw that stirs the drink)


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:48 pm 
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PLUSSED MEANS "ADDED," AS IN, "THE OPPOSITE OF MINUSED."


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:50 pm 
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Senator Top Cat LooGAR Wrote:
Yail Bloor Wrote:
SHOCKING NEWS!


Parents, what you are about to see may not be suitable for your children to view...


I can't start that thread. I like Haq and I dont want him to ban my IP.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:51 pm 
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Yail Bloor Wrote:
Senator Top Cat LooGAR Wrote:
Yail Bloor Wrote:
SHOCKING NEWS!


Parents, what you are about to see may not be suitable for your children to view...


I can't start that thread. I like Haq and I dont want him to ban my IP.


I almost can't believe what is coming over the wires here....:shakes head:

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Throughout his life, from childhood until death, he was beset by severe swings of mood. His depressions frequently encouraged, and were exacerbated by, his various vices. His character mixed a superficial Enlightenment sensibility for reason and taste with a genuine and somewhat Romantic love of the sublime and a propensity for occasionally puerile whimsy.
harry Wrote:
I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

FT Wrote:
LooGAR (the straw that stirs the drink)


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:53 pm 
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good thread


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:55 pm 
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Did I miss a memo?


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:00 pm 
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There's also the French "non plus" and non-PLUS loans. Two more phrases we can misuse with ambivalence.


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:02 pm 
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I'd like to point out that the following M-W definition suits chase's usage just fine:

Main Entry: nonplus
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): non·plussed also non·plused /-'pl&st/; non·plus·sing also non·plus·ing /-'pl&-si[ng]/
: to cause to be at a loss as to what to say, think, or do :


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:04 pm 
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HaqDiesel Wrote:
I'd like to point out that the following M-W definition suits chase's usage just fine:

Main Entry: nonplus
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): non·plussed also non·plused /-'pl&st/; non·plus·sing also non·plus·ing /-'pl&-si[ng]/
: to cause to be at a loss as to what to say, think, or do :


Kind of...but that's not exactly what I took him to be saying...I took it as "unimpressed." Maybe I was wrong. Doubtful, though that is.

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Throughout his life, from childhood until death, he was beset by severe swings of mood. His depressions frequently encouraged, and were exacerbated by, his various vices. His character mixed a superficial Enlightenment sensibility for reason and taste with a genuine and somewhat Romantic love of the sublime and a propensity for occasionally puerile whimsy.
harry Wrote:
I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

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LooGAR (the straw that stirs the drink)


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:05 pm 
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unless you're doubleplusnonplussed

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:28 pm 
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:57 pm 
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:25 pm 
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this thread is nonplussing!

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this thread is nonpussing!

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DumpJack Wrote:
MEGA Wrote:
this thread is nonpussing!

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MEGA Wrote:
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