Jejune Gets New Meaning, Thanks to Sarah

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Washington D.C. (GaeaTimes.com) Jejune mostly used as an adjective bags new meaning. This happened due to usage of the word in a new sense.

Attributes:

jejune
/ddun/ It is Spelled [ji-joon]

Adjective
1.
without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel.
2.
juvenile; immature; childish: jejune behavior.
3.
lacking knowledge or experience; uninformed: jejune attempts to design a house.
4.
deficient or lacking in nutritive value: a jejune diet.

Origin:
160515; < L jjnus empty, poor, mean

Related forms:

jejunely, adverb
jejuneness, jejunity, noun

Can be confused:

jejune, juvenile.

New Meaning:

1. “immature”,

2. “coruscate” twinned with “excoriate”.

Reportedly, credit of this new interpretation of the word goes to Sarah Palin. Sarah is well known for her English. She has often made misleading statements, owing to her lack of depth in the English language.

Well, she may not hold PhD in English, but she sure is helping the language to flourish. Let’s see which word gets to be lucky next.