Word: sophomoricism
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And although the language is sometimes painfully sophomoric, the message scattershot and blurred, one' has to admire Papas for attempting the overwhelming task of staging her own show. While the production carries flaws aplenty, it still makes for pleasant relief from the hackneyed productions of traditional shows that constitute the...
The dictum was connected with Iowa Bob's theory that we were all on a big ship-"on a big cruise, across the world." And in spite of the danger of being swept away, at any time, or perhaps because of the danger, we were not allowed to be...
Kingsley Amis, the author of Lucky Jim, The Anti-Death League, and a host of other smart, stylish and occasionally quite silly novels, writes wise and vaguely stodgy poetry, full of long gentlemanly metaphors but without much crispness of language. His Collected Poems 1944-1979 is, as any bag of...
Though the analysis and advice in Crisis Investing is often silly and sophomoric, its promotion has been shrewd. With an advertising budget of more than $600,000, the book has been ballyhooed in a barrage of full-page newspaper ads, some of which proclaim in big headlines: "Why You Will...
A few of Terkel's subjects believe that whining is everything. "I learned that success is a two-edged sword," complains a sophomoric ex-professor. "There's a cost . . . I discovered in the hardest way possible that I had let other people tell me what my values were...