An ability to absorb, understand and conform successfully to the rules and norms of mainstream society or one of its subcultures.
Raymond: We have pepperoni pizza for dinner Monday nights.
Susanna: Pizza? You get pizza in an institution?
Raymond: Monday night is Italian night. It's normal knowledge that pepperoni pizza is associated with Italian culture.
Susanna: Pizza? You get pizza in an institution?
Raymond: Monday night is Italian night. It's normal knowledge that pepperoni pizza is associated with Italian culture.
by Jeanshack April 08, 2011
'yeah, so anyway, last night on home and away...'
'did you know that...'
'SHUT THE HELL UP you always have Knowledge Diahorea !!!'
'did you know that...'
'SHUT THE HELL UP you always have Knowledge Diahorea !!!'
by brittney(Y) May 31, 2008
Someone who is full of random pieces of knowledge. He/she knows many words and other random crap, and is constantly surpising people with everything he/she knows.
Bob: "Well, yes, actually the people of the 13th century liked to eat _______ because it was good for their __________. insert name is actually related to a famous person from the 13th century named insert name through his second cousin once removed."
Christina: "Wow, you're a knowledge bucket!"
Christina: "Wow, you're a knowledge bucket!"
by Nora Evans October 17, 2004
by coolsai April 28, 2014
Useless knowledge is knowing where an ant was first discovered might not be important if you are going to be a fashion designer.
by What is Life March 14, 2015
A more prominent occipital bone than typical. It was once believed that this area grew as knowledge was accumulated. More noticeable in canines.
by Pyrotard September 18, 2008
Concept used in the work of Michel Foucault, to denote the interchangeability and mutual supportiveness of power and knowledge. Because he thought a regime of power always constructs forms of knowledge and a regime of knowledge always institutes a regime of power, he fused the two words into a single concept.
For example, prisons are an example of a regime of power/knowledge: the observation of prisoners and the recording of different categories of criminality are in many ways identical with the process of incarceration itself, as a system of control of people's bodies and of physical spaces.
For example, prisons are an example of a regime of power/knowledge: the observation of prisoners and the recording of different categories of criminality are in many ways identical with the process of incarceration itself, as a system of control of people's bodies and of physical spaces.
Mental asylums, schools, armies, etc. are all different examples of regimes of power/knowledge. The way in which people are recorded as elements in these discourses is connected to their subordination to or complicity in particular relations of power.
by Andy May 07, 2004