Sophomoric humor is that which is juvenile and puerile. They were amateurish and puerile compared to the work of a decade before. Lowing described the film as "unatmospheric but well-produced" and "laced with distressingly puerile "Porky's"-like humour". Harold Pinter Can Be Cantankerous and Puerile. The name came from writing BUM in the sand for puerile and mischievous effect. The party is anti-feminist, having described feminism as "puerile Marxist rubbish". Caxaro's narration cannot be taken as a puerile typification of moral or spiritual relations. The show seemed to oscillate between the intellectual and puerile. Meanwhile, a puerile rich young man named Mitchell becomes interested in a waitress named Tricia.