sophomoric
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Alt. of Sophomorical
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[begin list of sophomoric puns] I bet he'd find a place up the chimney of any woman. He's certainly good at filling their stockings. Trouble is, he wouldn't be much good as a lover as he can only come once a year. [end list of sophomoric puns] (Why Chicks Dig Father Christmas)
Mike Myers as Austin Powers makes me laugh - that was genius - and Daffy Duck makes me laugh, but I like odd behavior. I don't like hip dialogue and one-liners and all that sort of cool, sophomoric comedy. It's just not for me.
And the reason it's funny is frequently because it's sophomoric, predictable, corny, etc". citation Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote "Airplane! is more than a pleasant surprise..
As a follow-up to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre it's severely sophomoric and disappointing, but it's sick and shlocky enough to maintain your perverse interest.
Jim DeRogatis wrote in a 1993 Chicago Sun-Times article that Corgan's lyrics "too often sound like sophomoric poetry," DeRogatis, p. 80. although he viewed the lyrics of later albums Adore and Machina as an improvement.
Snyder was instead blamed for "an understaffed human resources department" and "a sophomoric culture of verbal abuse."