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♣ 006 [ video ]

Jul 24, 2011 21:05

[ Today, Junpei is wearing a super serious face. Whatever's on his mind, it's got to be deep. ]

Hey, uh, I have something to say.

[ Brief pause as he gathers his thoughts. Brace yourselves for it, Johto; it might be too heavy for you to handle. ]

Have you ever thought about how weird it is that "nonplussed" is a word....but "plussed" isn't? I mean, it ( Read more... )

english is weird, !ic, ♣character: clover, ♣character: seven, &location; goldenrod, #006, ♣character: alexi, handwaving this past conversation, waiting for the inevitable "minused" pun, feeling so plussed right now, ♣character: wally west, ♣character: chosokabe motochika, serious business, ♣character: little mac, thinking hard or hardly thinking

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[video] usedstarpunch July 25 2011, 04:19:30 UTC

Whoa...

[Mind status: blown.]

Dude! That IS totally weird! ...What does "nonplussed" mean?

[video] hewhosurvives July 25 2011, 06:07:30 UTC

I know, right? And that's not the only weird 'word, not-word' pair I've heard.

Uh, pretty sure it's when you're so confused you can't talk properly, or something.

[video] usedstarpunch July 25 2011, 22:59:24 UTC

It means...

...

S-So, would being "plussed" be being not confused? Like, if it was a thing? Then, people would be plussed most of the time...Or...no, wait...

Hold on.

Dude.

Whoa.

[video] hewhosurvives July 26 2011, 02:28:55 UTC

Yeah, I guess so! Like, when you're unaffected by something, you can be plussed.

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4leafcleaver July 25 2011, 05:02:41 UTC

[Because this is totally up her alley...]

H-hey, you're right! What about "nondescript"? Is there such a word as "descript"?

hewhosurvives July 25 2011, 06:11:24 UTC

[ Together they can debate all of the useless oddities in the world. ]

You know, I don't think I've ever heard it used. But it should be.

4leafcleaver July 27 2011, 01:07:12 UTC

Yeah! These kinds of words are like sets...we can't just use one and not the other!

hewhosurvives July 27 2011, 06:43:37 UTC

It's really strange...I think someone's prejudiced against non-"non" words.

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( video ) reaccepts July 26 2011, 01:47:38 UTC

That's a good question. Maybe it's foreign?

... Maybe I should ask Rael... this seems like something he would know about.

( video ) hewhosurvives July 26 2011, 03:04:34 UTC

Foreign? I didn't think about that.

If you know someone who might know, though, that might be helpful.

( video ) reaccepts July 26 2011, 05:06:23 UTC

It doesn't sound that foreign, admittedly... but who knows?

Well, Rael's pretty into studying languages... this would be the kind of thing he would get a kick out of, I think.

( video ) hewhosurvives July 27 2011, 06:48:49 UTC

I don't know really....much at all about words, so it's possible, I guess.

It was just something I was wondering about.

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usedbrine July 26 2011, 02:16:45 UTC

So, what do those words mean?

hewhosurvives July 26 2011, 03:06:00 UTC

Uh, you mean "nonplussed"? I think it's when you're really confused and caught off-guard.

usedbrine July 26 2011, 23:57:32 UTC

And 'plussed' isn't a word?

hewhosurvives July 27 2011, 06:49:06 UTC

Apparently not....don't know why, though.

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video | 1/2 chemwhiz July 26 2011, 04:32:28 UTC

[ Who are you and have you been taking lessons from Robin. He's laughing even though you're making him miss his bro. ]

Yeah, so you're plussed and Robin's whelmed.

video | 2/2 chemwhiz July 26 2011, 04:33:48 UTC

Wait.

[ He sounds hopeful, maybe just a little excited, even though he knows he'll probably just be disappointed. ]

You haven't seen him, have you?

video hewhosurvives July 26 2011, 07:12:52 UTC

Robin?

[ He's not thinking Robin as in Batman's sidekick, if only because it sounds like he's this guy's friend. ]

Uh, no, I don't know anyone by that name. Sorry.

video chemwhiz July 26 2011, 17:35:44 UTC

[ But lo and behold- ]

Well, he's not just any Robin. You might have heard of him-you know, Batman and Robin?

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