As a non-native speaker, I don't understand the exact meaning of being whiplashed in this comment. Online translators only point to the direct translation of someone being hit with a whip.
In here, does whiplashed mean something like being utterly surprised?
2. an abrupt snapping motion or change of direction resembling the lash of a whip.
6. to affect adversely, as by a sudden change: new taxes whiplashing corporate earnings.
Which is pretty accurate. Have you ever been on a roller coaster or similar ride at a theme park and been suddenly jerked in the opposite direction? That's basically what whiplash is.
Kind of: "move suddenly and forcefully, like a whip being cracked".
So in this case is that the guests are taken aback, surprised, put off by the sudden changes in the conversation.
In here, does whiplashed mean something like being utterly surprised?