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DictionarySeeunsophisticatedUnsophistication
UnsophisticationSee also Naïveté.Unworldliness (See ASCETICISM.)Uselessness (See FUTILITY.)Adams, Parsonindustrious curate; good-naturedly unsophisticated. [Br. Lit.: Joseph Andrews]Agnèsignorant girl; unaware of world’s and guardian’s wiles. [Fr. Lit.: L’Ecole des Femmes]Barefoot Boyadventures of rural boyhood. [Am. Lit.: Hart, 57]Beverly Hillbilliesthe rustication of California’s wealthy Beverly Hills. [TV: Terrace, I, 93–94]brown asstraditional symbol signifying lack of culture. [Animal Symbolism: Jobes, 142]Dogpatchtown of illiterate country folk. [Comics: “Li’l Abner” in Horn, 450]Donn, ArabellaJude’s wife; a vulgar country girl. [Br. Lit.: Jude the Obscure]Geese of Brother Philipsheltered lad believes father’s explanation of girls. [Ital. Lit.: Decameron, Hall, 135]Grand Ole Oprycountry-western music performance hall and radio show; “back-country” motif. [Radio: Buxton, 100–101]Grand Fenwick, Duchy ofminuscule backward European kingdom that “bites the world’s tail.” [Am. Lit.: The Mouse That Roared]Green, Verdantcallow Oxford freshman; victim of practical jokes. [Br. Lit.: The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, Brewer Dictionary, 1126]KadiddlehopperClem character who epitomizes naiveness. [Radio: “The Red Skelton Show” in Buxton, 197]Li’l Abnernaive comic strip character. [Comics: Horn, 450–451]Miller, Daisyher American ways caused scandal in Rome. [Am. Lit.: Daisy Miller]OkiesCalifornians’ derogatory name for Oklahoma immigrants; meaning “ignorant tramps.” [Am. Lit.: The Grapes of Wrath]Pyle, Gomerinnocent character in Marine Corps situation comedy. [TV: “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.” in Terrace, I, 319]Snerd, Mortimerventriloquist’s dummy personifies unsophistication. [Radio: “The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show” in Buxton, 7–77] |