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Originally Posted by Hitch
In what way? How can you possibly use "nonplussed" as anything other than it is? I am, in fact, nonplussed by the suggestion....
Hitch
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After reporting incorrect usage as an error on my Kindle half a dozen times, I found this at the Merriam-Webster site:
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One of the things that most vexes language purists … is when the meaning of a word changes over time. For example, it appears that the traditional sense of the word nonplussed, "bewildered and at a loss as to what to think," is slowly giving way to a new (and opposite) sense: "unfazed." Even experienced writers are using the new sense.
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