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Topic Options #127180 - 04/10/04 11:56 AM jejune wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Date: Wed Jul 5 00:55:07 EDT 2000 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--jejune jejune (juh-JOON) adjective 1. Not interesting; dull. 2. Lacking maturity; childish 3. Lacking in nutrition. [From Latin ieiunus, meager, dry, fasting.] Top #127181 - 04/10/04 01:04 PM Re: jejune Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7186 Loc: Vermont I always have liked this word, but sadly the definition is so boring... _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #127182 - 04/10/04 01:33 PM Re: jejune wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Dear etaoin: makes a handy sly insult. But not really the kind of word I have an appetite for. Top #127183 - 04/11/04 07:36 AM Re: jejune Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667 a handy sly insult Yeah, it sounds like it should be used to refer to the girl-next-door type, young and delightfully fresh. Top #127184 - 04/11/04 09:13 AM Re: jejune wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Joke on me. For quite a while I spelled it "jejeune" and thought it was French for "pathetically immature". Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13691 Topics 210118 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 42 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 93 endymion6 71 wofahulicodoc 69 jenny jenny 67 teepee 20 Rhubarb Commando 16 Faldage 14 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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