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juvie
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ju·vie  (jv)
adj. Slang
Juvenile: juvie court.

[Shortening and alteration of juvenile.]


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That barley field looks good to us," the juvies might suggest.
Harmony Korine's movie Gummo would be a closer match, full of skinny untamed juvies who find beauty in mud baths and bunny suits.
It's sensitive yet feels a little synthetic, no doubt thanks in part to Bill Kurtis' prim narration: When he utters the phrase, ``the world of juvies,'' he says the last word with the manner of someone who's trying to convince white-bread viewers he has some street cred when it seems apparent he's never left the secure little high-tech studio from which he reports.
 
 
 
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