There Is Overwhelming and Underwhelming

R: 19 / I: 4 >there is "overwhelming" and "underwhelming" but not just "whelming" Englishbros... an explanation if you dont mind?

A green Pepe the Frog with brown hair appears above a screenshot of a question asking English speakers to explain why “overwhelming” and “underwhelming” exist, but not simply “whelming.” The joke is a playful language question about prefixes and the imagined missing middle state, sent as a reaction to confusing or unnecessarily complicated English grammar.

• @gentoomemes / 7531 2023-11-23