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"Unruffled" is an odd word. I know what it means but I wouldn't use it as the definition for another word. "Unfazed" feels like a stronger word meaning the same thing.

I think people just didn't know what "nonplussed" meant and analyzed a new meaning for it based on the belief that "non-" was a prefix.



It's a bit like how people analyze "disgruntled" and use humorously the non-word "gruntled" to mean "to be content".




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