Nonplussed

Just a quick blurb on this interesting word.

This word has two definitions, one formal, one otherwise.

The formal definition of nonplussed is confused or surprised.

But as time progressed Americans got a little crazy. I think the logic went like this:

If something is in the state of being "nonplussed" then it can also be "plussed".

And since nonplussed was the original, and since plussed doesn't even exist then nonplussed must clearly be better.

Naturally.

So now nonplussed has flipped like an electron and can also mean unperturbed. However, it may not be accepted.... yet.

So for the sake of patriotism I propose that we make "plussed" a real word and make it mean confused. We then slowly do this with all words in the English and make the future generations really confused when reading "classic" literature.

I am gruntled, but not plussed.

-Mi