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When your bank card won't work at another bank's ATM because your bank is on the Plus System debit network, but the ATM is not.
Many "foreign ATMs" are on the Interlink or Star networks -- they are nonplussed.
by FuzzyBS March 19, 2011
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Nonplussed

adjective. completely puzzled or perplexed by something unexpected: She blows a hole in the wall and escapes, and the nonplussed aliens are left wondering what happened.
In correct usage, nonplussed means “puzzled or perplexed”: Her odd choice of words left me somewhat nonplussed. However, there is a more recent, generally unfamiliar usage, meaning “not dismayed; indifferent or unexcited”: He imitated the nonplussed expression of the character Spock on Star Trek.
He is completely nonplussed by the question. She expected him to ask for a scotch and was rather nonplussed when he asked for a martini and lemonade. I was utterly nonplussed.
"I was starting to realize how nonplussed the sight of Rob had made her."
"I'm totally nonplussed as to what the note means."
"The boys are nonplussed by his invasion into their lives, to say the least."
"Diane was nonplussed by such an odd question"
by pinblock247 August 12, 2023
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Croix-Nonplussed

An intermediate level of hate for a process/ transportation system/ restaurant due to not meeting all expectations which Croix has applied through some bazaar secret randomized internal metrics system.

ambivalent / annoyed / Croix-Nonplussed / irritated / Croix-Rage / Croix-Hate (to be defined at a later date)

If the process/transportation system/restaurant does not meet any of his expectations, see Croix-Rage
The current state of the "high speed" light rail system in central Florida is causing my Croix-Nonplussed to flare-up.
by baloobill September 2, 2023
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Noplussed

When your shocked
He was so noplussed
I’m so nonplussed
by The Trend Starter Bully April 23, 2022
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Nonpulsed

"Unfazed"
Mispronunciation / misspelling / misunderstanding of word "NONPLUSSED"
….The fireworks were really starting to pick up now, but Tony just sat there nonpulsed and calm. He was a funny dog like that, things that seemed to bother other pets never really seemed to bother him in the same way.....
by Entomophage March 5, 2021
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