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naiive

Means extremely "naive", bordering on stupid. The additional "i" indicates the greater degree of naivete.
He was so naiive that he went to a Liars' Convention and came home believing everything he was told.
by Bob 'doctorhugo' Weiss August 4, 2006
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come-uppance

More accurately described as a colloquial phrase, it means
"your deserved reward or just due" for an action taken or statement you have made. It always conveys that to be of a negative nature. It should be hyphenated as neither word, of it's own definition, conveys close to the meaning of the combination of the two; therefore the linkage of the hyphen is needed.
"Joe has always bragged that he was the team's best batter, but in the playoff game he went 0 for 4 and humiliated himself."
(Joe; therefore, got his just due or his come-uppance for his continual bragging and then, his abysmal failure.
by Bob 'doctorhugo' Weiss September 6, 2008
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