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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: 7184 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: 13655 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 8424 Members 16 Forums 13687 Topics 209789 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members teepee, smoothcriminal86, janbra, junebug, Stephen A 8423 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 41 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 86 jenny jenny 58 wofahulicodoc 56 endymion6 50 Rhubarb Commando 37 BranShea 34 Buffalo Shrdlu 15 Faldage 13 zmjezhd 13 tsuwm 11 May 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 31

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