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1. To be swept beneath by a wave.

2. (To be) the effect of experiencing something of mediocre quality ; -ing; -ed

3. Neither good nor bad, simply existing
The movie last night was completely whelming.

I thought I would be excited by the fair, but I was whelmed at best.
Whelm by Curtis Meyer March 13, 2008
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To be in a state of inflicted normality. See also OVER and UNDER whelm.

Not technically a word, but by all logic, it should be.
As referenced in "Clueless": You can be overwhelmed, and you can be underwhelmed, but can you just be whelmed?
whelm by Dillon Flynn July 23, 2004
it affects you normally, and you know how to deal with it. Basically your chill instead of over panic or under panic.
Instead of overwhelm and underwhelm why cant we just be whelm?
whelm by ob[y89r76889p January 7, 2024
It's when you aren't under or overwhelmed it is in the middle. It is just enough.
This cookie made me Whelm'd. Another example: This cookie was OK like it wasn't bad
Whelm'd by Dr.Octane January 3, 2023
Whermst is a word created by "therussianbadger" on YouTube. Used in his video posted on the 19th of April.

It means 'what' 'why' 'where' and 'how' in one word.

If this post gets enough likes I will submit it to the Oxford dictionary with the likes as evidence that people use it the same way.
Caller: "officer he is stabbing my uncle"
Operator: "whermst?"
Whermst by Rocket ride April 23, 2023
Where and for what purpose and why
Location, reason, background context
Me on phone with 911: he’s stabbing my uncle!

911 operator: whermst.
Me: huh

911 operator: Like where, I can’t send a cop to a place I don’t know so whermst is this situation .
Whermst by Russian Badger April 19, 2023