Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Excuse me, have you ever been Whelmed?

Well, after careful scheduling and deliberation I have determined that if not for the Grace of God--by all probability and most likelihood, I am screwed. Got a very busy week coming up. I find myself in a rather overwhelmed state, as I do at least once per school semester. I seem to be in a land of everpresent night, because "it" dawned on me, yet again.

We all have, at some point, been over/underwhelmed. What does the word mean? For my purpose, I chose this definition.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/overwhelm
To cover or bury beneath a mass of something, as floodwaters, debris, or an avalanche; submerge

Let us dig a bit deeper here. The root word, whelm:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/whelmed
To cover with water; submerge.

Well, somehow I am not surprised.

1 comment:

Ali the Vill said...

Start a new movement, say whelmed instead. Everything will turn out just fine. Sadly, things don't get any easier after this... yet He is still God.