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  • When Mrs. Perkins, kneeling before Master Harry, asked him the wholly unnecessary question, "Why, is this Harry?" he refused wholly to reply; nor could the diminutive Jennie be induced to say anything but "Yumps" in response to a similar question put to her, "Yumps" being, it is to be presumed, a juvenilism for "Yes, ma'am."

    Paste Jewels John Kendrick Bangs 1892

  • They've taken petulance and juvenilism to a level never conceived by our founders.

    Latest Articles Newsbusters.org 2010

  • only your words melt my twenty-year freeze i'm not sure where this surge of juvenilism came from

    pyxopotamus Diary Entry pyxopotamus 2003

  • Finally, I can’t believe I just wasted 5 minutes typing this, all for you to say ‘stupid liberal’ and go back to your ‘clash of civilizations’ ‘us vs. them’ juvenilism.

    Death To Pirates (The Economics of Piracy) « PurpleSlog – Awesomeness & Modesty Meets Sexy 2008

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