>>I've never ever heard of anybody being whelmed properly, without overshooting or aiming too low.
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>Wow. This is what it feels like to be whelmed properly! Inappropriate as that sounds. ;) It's rather obvious that people are seldom correctly whelmed. It's not an incredible revelation, so it's not overwhelming. It's not painfully obvious, so it's not underwhelming.
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>Have you noticed how anyone driving slower than you is an idiot and anyone driving faster is a maniac? Have you also noticed that the person driving beside you is always picking his/her nose? I believe these are similarly correctly whelmed. ;)

Ah, so you're the guy who actually knows what the verb means. Please, can you reveal the secret to the uninitiated?