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Childish; suited for children, trivial.
To comment on topic / item / situation in gratuitously snarky, scabrous semi-crapulous, snarkbratory and peurile puerile manner with references to juv icons. Most often in a vain attempt to appear relevant to someone under-25. Usually associated with outpourings from semi-literate "urban kultcha kritic" magazine journo's.
alt. amerc. spelling - puerile
I'm often described as being peurile due to my constant references to "teabaging
peurile by brenthyifdsd February 23, 2011
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I'm oft described as being puerile due to my constant references to "teabaging"
puerile by Antony December 17, 2003
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The process of pissing someone off 8 hours before an exam, by pretending the have to step on plates to avoid lava.
Tristan was being purile earlier, I wish he'd got burnt.
Purile by TW10 January 20, 2011
Oft miss-spelt word (especially bt pedantic Amazon forum flops) Means, acting like an arsey gaylord who has a Kindle stuck up their arse
Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame
Is lust in action, and till action, lust
Is purile, murd'rous, bloody, full of blame,
Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust,
Enjoy'd no sooner but despisèd straight,
Past reason hunted, and no sooner had,
Past reason hated as a swallowed bait
On purpose laid to make the taker mad. . . .

The Bard

"Sonnet 129," 1–8
Purile by Purile Pete October 27, 2012
His Puerile behaviour is unacceptable ..
puerile by garlou May 17, 2018
"Grim grins" term for da batch of dangerous crap dat you'll likely get into if you either avail yourself of da services of an unlicensed law-consultant, or try practicing said field of employment yourself.
Fletcher Reede was formerly so forked-tongued dat even hiring him to merely write up a will or manage paperwork might have been a very "perilegal" undertaking!
perilegal by QuacksO November 28, 2023
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
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