I hated this word when I was a sophomore in high school and then again in college. However, when I was a junior and a senior…I thoroughly enjoyed using this word when the need arose. 
Sophomoric: immature, bombastic, shallow, and superficial.
“The junior scolded the tenth graders, calling their immature behavior sophomoric.”
This word is derived from Greek, “sophos” meaning wise and “moros” meaning moronic.
So, for all of you high school or college juniors and seniors, there you go. Consider yourself well armed for those moments when younger classmates are driving you nuts!
My laptop ran one of its annoying updates the other day and this unsightly little dialog box appeared on my screen. My initial reaction was, “good grief, I can’t believe they missed that mistake.” My second reaction was, “hey, I need to save that for the blog!” So, I quickly did a screen capture and voila, we have Compaq/HP’s mistake captured for all to see, haha.
So, do you think they have a proofreader or do they just rely on their spell checkers? This is a classic spell checker mistake. The word ‘and’ is spelled correctly, but it’s the wrong word to use in this sentence (’an’ is the word they were looking for there).
Anyhow, just thought I’d share. Have a great weekend!
