1. engulf, submerge, or bury (someone or something).
“a swimmer whelmed in a raging storm”
noun archaic literary
1. an act or instance of flowing or heaping up abundantly; a surge.
“the whelm of the tide”
Hmm, so whelm is sort of like reaching the threshold to overpower something? In that case, underwhelm would mean not meeting that threshold and overwhelm would mean surpassing it by some level of magnitude, yes?
saved by the hands of god!
On this day, a young dwarf of the Savisi attempted a gesture of peace and reconciliation.
Her people prompty gathered round, and pronounced it icky and terrible.
I don’t care if is FINE. I want WAV back.
Don’t you see? This is the BEST way.
random should have WAVed goodbye many panels ago.
And people say hand jobs are underwhelming.
They are “whelming” under the ship!
Hmm…
-types in whelm on Google-
whelm
verb archaic literary
1. engulf, submerge, or bury (someone or something).
“a swimmer whelmed in a raging storm”
noun archaic literary
1. an act or instance of flowing or heaping up abundantly; a surge.
“the whelm of the tide”
Hmm, so whelm is sort of like reaching the threshold to overpower something? In that case, underwhelm would mean not meeting that threshold and overwhelm would mean surpassing it by some level of magnitude, yes?
Essentially correct, although it often gets used in a more figurative sense.
All I care is that the wood stays up.
You’re so phallic. Put a hat on! :)
Baby, they don’t make “hats” my size.
Don’t worry, we’ll get Nikolai Aldunin to make one for you.
Whelp, am I the only one seeing Magda death flags flying up?
Tectonicus prefers his enemies slowly burned alive over a more elaborate version of falling down the stairs.
Laughing uproariously, rather than smiling.
Was it … good for you too, Maggie? “It will be, don’t worry.”
In other words – NOPE.
Appears Penk is now in a blood debt to Frigg.
In the same sort of way someone would owe a debt to the person who caught them after having just pushed them.
Frigg probably needs new arms.
Butt fuck.
That’s our Magda! Give her a hand, everybody!
I would, but I’m holding hands with Byron…
Wait, how the heck did THAT happen?
Oh random avatars, you never cease to amaze. Best bromance.
Magda’s interpretation of eventsget my thumbs up.
Not sure I like those red streaks on the rocks down there. Is everyone accounted for?
Jesus may take the wheel, but Tectonicus takes the whole ship.
that’s gonna be a dope-ass docking port later.