669. Unsophistication (See also Naïveté.)

1. Adams, Parson industrious curate; good-naturedly unsophisticated. [Br. Lit.: Joseph Andrews ]
2. Agnès ignorant girl; unaware of world’s and guardian’s wiles. [Fr. Lit.: L’Ecole des Femmes ]
3. Barefoot Boy adventures of rural boyhood. [Am. Lit.: Hart, 57]
4. Beverly Hillbillies the rustication of California’s wealthy Beverly Hills. [TV: Terrace, I, 93–94]
5. brown ass traditional symbol signifying lack of culture. [Animal Symbolism: Jobes, 142]
6. Dogpatch town of illiterate country folk. [Comics: “Li’l Abner” in Horn, 450]
7. Donn, Arabella Jude’s wife; a vulgar country girl. [Br. Lit.: Jude the Obscure ]
8. Geese of Brother Philip sheltered lad believes father’s explanation of girls. [Ital. Lit.: Decameron, Hall, 135]
9. Grand Ole Opry country-western music performance hall and radio show; “back-country” motif. [Radio: Buxton, 100–101]
10. Grand Fenwick, Duchy of minuscule backward European kingdom that “bites the world’s tail.” [Am. Lit.: The Mouse That Roared ]
11. Green, Verdant callow Oxford freshman; victim of practical jokes. [Br. Lit.: The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, Brewer Dictionary, 1126]
12. Kadiddlehopper , Clem character who epitomizes naiveness. [Radio: “The Red Skelton Show” in Buxton, 197]
13. Li’l Abner naive comic strip character. [Comics: Horn, 450–451]
14. Miller, Daisy her American ways caused scandal in Rome. [Am. Lit.: Daisy Miller ]
15. Okies Californians’ derogatory name for Oklahoma immigrants; meaning “ignorant tramps.” [Am. Lit.: The Grapes of Wrath ]
16. Pyle, Gomer innocent character in Marine Corps situation comedy. [TV: “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.” in Terrace, I, 319]
17. Snerd, Mortimer ventriloquist’s dummy personifies unsophistication. [Radio: “The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show” in Buxton, 7–77]

Unworldliness (See ASCETICISM .)

Uselessness (See FUTILITY .)