Re: nonplussed

Le 09/10/2021 à 21:58, Promer Denoir a écrit :

 Cependant un de mes dicos :
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In standard use *nonplussed* means ?surprised and confused?, as
  in /she was/ *nonplussed* /at his eagerness to help out/. In
  North American English a new use has developed in recent years,
  meaning ?unperturbed?-more or less the opposite of its
  traditional meaning-as in /he was clearly trying to
  appear/ *nonplussed*. This new use probably arose on the
  assumption that non- was the normal negative prefix and must
  therefore have a negative meaning. Although the use is common it
  is not yet considered standard.
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Rires de Diabolo ! (Oui, il est toujours là, Diabolo.)