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ignoramus

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


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

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2021

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

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

Their verdict of Ignoramus was a "personal liberty bill" for that time, and therefore was the king's wrath exceeding hot, for "Ignoramus was mounted in Cathedra," and there was a stop put to such wickedness.

From The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Parker, Theodore




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