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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread jejune #127180 04/10/04 03:56 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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.] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: jejune #127181 04/10/04 05:04 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont I always have liked this word, but sadly the definition is so boring... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: jejune #127182 04/10/04 05:33 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear etaoin: makes a handy sly insult. But not really the kind of word I have an appetite for. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: jejune #127183 04/11/04 11:36 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 a handy sly insult Yeah, it sounds like it should be used to refer to the girl-next-door type, young and delightfully fresh. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: jejune #127184 04/11/04 01:13 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Joke on me. For quite a while I spelled it "jejeune" and thought it was French for "pathetically immature". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: jejune wwh #217345 06/27/14 01:08 PM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Bazr enthusiast Bazr enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Even though it has a dull meaning it is quite versatile in it's use. This is a word that I would consider in my vocabulary. Last edited by Bazr; 06/27/14 01:13 PM. live in the moment Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter ...should have gone into Words from Medicine ?? Bazr #217411 06/30/14 09:49 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,735 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA ...because it's also related to "jejunum," the second portion of the intestines (duodenum, jejunum, ileum, colon): from an online etymology dictionary: jejunum (n.) late 14c., from Latin ieiunum, neuter of ieiunus (see jejune)...So-called because it typically is found empty during dissections, perhaps because it would tend to drain in a body laid on its back... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,614 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 202 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 14 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,735 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,933 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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