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Just heard Barr use this word during a Fox interview.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jejune
2. jejune
The worst word in the English language, jejune just bleeds pomposity and snobbery. If you seriously use jejune in a sentence you a) are automatically an asshole and b) should be slapped across the mouth.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,028 posts)GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,585 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,028 posts)GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,585 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,028 posts)But I dont want to go among assholes," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you cant help that," said the Cat: "were all assholes here. Im an asshole. Youre an asshole."
"How do you know Im an asshole?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldnt have come here.
uponit7771
(90,378 posts)calimary
(81,612 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Or is that too jejune?
Hekate
(91,055 posts)But puerile is actually a useful word. "Trump's bullying is nothing if not puerile -- the jerk just never grew up."
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Sorry, I couldn't help myself. I realize I was being puerile.
Hekate
(91,055 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)Needed that. So jejune... So fits that walking sack of insolent crap.
BigmanPigman
(51,675 posts)without looking for that word in his vocab. Hell, who am I kidding, I never listened to him to begin with. My remote control has an overly used MUTE button.
murielm99
(30,790 posts)go to merriam-webster.com. I will listen to them pronounce "jejune" over and over.
Silly word. And even sillier to use it on Fox. Who among Fox viewers knows what that means? And how many of them will bother to look it up? They probably think it is the name of a candy bar or a mixed drink.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)"It's just like the name 'June' but betterer!"
Staph
(6,258 posts)It's actually a great snark on Russian novels!
Boris: Jejune? You have the temerity to accuse me of quoting to you out of jejunosity? I'm the most june person there is!
(I know that there are many here, me among them, who can't abide Woody Allen as a human being. That doesn't mean that I can't appreciate his works.)