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		djur on April 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What's Going on with ‘Nonplussed’? (2017) Why do you say that?

spudlyo on April 29, 2024 [–]

Not the GP, but imagine it has to do with "Newspeak" using the prefixes "plus" and "doubleplus" for emphasis. Nonplussed may have had a similar ring to "plusungood".

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