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For so long I thought that it meant “silly” or “whimsical” only to find it means “stoic” or “emotionally cold and distant.”

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illi@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

For so long I thought that it meant “silly” or “whimsical”

TIL it’s not that

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I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Bemused is another one novel writers get wrong pretty consistently. It means confused, or bewildered, not amused.

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