Does anybody use this word anymore? It’s such a great word! It’s the first person plural present indicative in Latin (which is why I’ve never studied Latin) for ignore, and it means “a deliberately or callously ignorant person”. If I don’t know which fork to use because I don’t know there IS such a thing, I’m ignorant. If I should know but don’t bother to learn, I’m an ignoramus.
Wonder if the search engine I just used (not Google) is ignorant, an ignoramus, or what, when it just returned me this sponsored result:
“Get great deals on Ignoramus. Shop eBay today!”
Meanwhile, it’s Tuesday, so I’m posting at Fatal Foodies today about ipecac.
A WRITING PROMPT FOR YOU: An ignoramus tries to pass himself (or herself) off as an expert.
MA
Holly Jahangiri
April 10, 2012 at 12:46pmWhy am I suddenly composing an Oratorio in my head? It sounds a bit like Carmina Burana, but is a parody in which the chorus belts out “Ig-no-rah-moos!”
Marian Allen
April 10, 2012 at 1:24pmOhhh, you could SO write that! lol!
Damyanti
April 10, 2012 at 8:21pmI use it, when I want to abuse somebody without really meaning it 🙂
–Damyanti, Co-host A to Z Challenge April 2012
Twitter: @AprilA2Z
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Marian Allen
April 11, 2012 at 3:46pmWhen my mother uses it, she means it to sting! lol