Non-plussed

[Perry]

This is a bit of a funny idiom when you look at the etymology.

non·plus (nn-pls)
tr.v. non·plused also non·plussed, non·plus·ing also non·plus·sing, non·plus·es also non·plus·ses
To put at a loss as to what to think, say, or do; bewilder.
n.
A state of perplexity, confusion, or bewilderment.


[From Latin nŏn plŭs, no more.]

[Perry]

36 views, but no posted replies. You must all be non-plussed.

[gailr]

Either that, or sansplus.

[Slava]

Actually, we've already had this one, on 1/4/05:

http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/word/nonplus

[Stargzer]

So in that respect have we gone from completely plussed to plus-plussed?

[Perry]

Now I am non-plussed. By the date, I am guessing that this is before Gail let me know "where had all the flowers gone", if you get my drift.

[sluggo]

Actually, we've already had this one, on 1/4/05:

http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/word/nonplus

Are you saying we've been nonplussed multiple times?
Should that pay dividends?
a minus -a terrible thing to waste

[Bailey]

Should that pay dividends?

or rent!

mb

[Perry]

a minus -a terrible thing to waste

So are opportunities to get off a good pun. And that was a really good 'un!

[bnjtokyo]

please also see nonplussed
for more on this interesting word that apparently is being used to mean the opposite of its dictionary definition

[Perry]

That was as recently as February. My mind must really be going; I just don't know where it is going to.