as in childishness
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Noun
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To some observers, the incessant joking was the sort of heartless mirth that social media had been running on for decades.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025 -
The mirth carries with it an undercurrent of Tyla’s particular brand of charisma.—
Funmi Fetto,
Vogue,
25 Feb. 2025
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Mike Jones, Jon Embree, Rick George and Chris Hudson recounted, often with hilarity, the high standards of working for, and with, a national championship coach.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
22 Jan. 2025
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Roz Chast on George Booth In Booth’s cartoons of men and women, dogs and bathtubs, the hilarity is in the details.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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That glee in the face of pain may come back to haunt Trump.—
Maureen Dowd,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Her glee is deeper than that, and on this night, it was shared by scores of school faculty, administrators, students and alums, some in their 80s, who squeezed into crammed quarters for an up-close peek of the now merging with the future.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Puerility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puerility. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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