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nh23423fefe on April 29, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: What's Going on with ‘Nonplussed’? (2017)

I thought this word meant "bothered" in the 1984 sense of plus=good

i dont think ive ever seen the definition prior

jayd16 on April 29, 2024 [–]

Yes, I also took it as wordplay on Doublespeak that found its way into casual slang.

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