{"id":44520,"date":"2026-05-12T09:39:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=44520"},"modified":"2026-05-12T09:39:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:39:21","slug":"word-of-the-day-1113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/05\/12\/word-of-the-day-1113\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peurile<\/em>:<\/p>\n

ADJECTIVE<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. of or relating to a child or to childhood.
    \nSynonyms:
    \njuvenile, youthful<\/li>\n
  2. childishly foolish; immature or trivial.
    \na puerile piece of writing. [Dictionary.com<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Yes, I did know the meaning; however, it’s an unusual word, and younger readers might be unfamiliar with it. Noted in “Trump\u2019s U.N. ambassador says Iran \u2018ceasefire\u2019 is whatever Trump says it is<\/em><\/a>,” Ja’han Jones, MS NOW<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n

    Trump\u2019s characterization of the so-called ceasefire with Iran is a prime example. Despite his suggestion Monday that it is \u201con life support,\u201d\u00a0it doesn\u2019t seem to exist in the first place except in the president\u2019s mind. Start with the fact that Trump\u00a0has resisted calling the Iran war a \u201cwar\u201d<\/a>\u00a0for what appear to be procedural reasons. The United States and Iran\u00a0exchanged<\/a>\u00a0fire on Thursday, which apparently didn\u2019t count. And similarly, Trump\u00a0called U.S. strikes on Iran on Friday a \u201clove tap,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0suggesting he\u2019s both hopelessly puerile for a man in his 80s and wary of the repercussions that may come with admitting the ceasefire has not ceased any of the firing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Peurile: ADJECTIVE of or relating to a child or to childhood. Synonyms: juvenile, youthful childishly foolish; immature or trivial. a puerile piece of writing. [Dictionary.com] Yes, I did know the meaning; however, it’s an unusual word, and younger readers might be unfamiliar with it. Noted in “Trump\u2019s U.N. ambassador says \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44521,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44520\/revisions\/44521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}