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ignoramus

[ig-nuh-rey-muhs, -ram-uhs] / ˌɪg nəˈreɪ məs, -ˈræm əs /


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“At approximately 01:29, Ignoramus appears on camera, addressing viewers, stating: ‘Alright, what’s up y’all?

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2021

Before the videos were taken down, Stephen Ignoramus had at least 4,400 subscribers on YouTube.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2021

Just fires messaging the slow apocalypse brought on as we call out Mother Nature by rebranding ourselves as "Homo Ignoramus."

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2017

Ignoramus, first popularized in England in the 1600s as a synonym for dunce, is Latin for "we do not know."

From Time Magazine Archive

The Courts depression in a fulsom Praise; A Test it’s Ignoramus worst conveys, A lump of Falshood’s Malice does disperse, Or Toad when crawling on the Feet of Verse.

From Anti-Achitophel (1682) Three Verse Replies to Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden by Jones, Harold Whitmore




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