innovation

Doing the same old pointless thing a different way. Alternatively, creating something brilliant in such a way that it takes twice as long and costs three times as much as the old fashioned way of doing the same thing.

Bob: Hey, let's make a wheel!
Bub: Well, we'll have to draft a budget submission, then set up a steering party, develop a business plan then publish a prospectus. I'm guessing we'll need a couple of million plus a three year window for the R & D alone ...

by Disgruntled Former Employee March 17, 2005

Ignoramus

1, Word, pejorative term frequently used to describe an ideological opponent who acts like he/she knows more than he/she actually does and/or argues according to obviously misinformed logic.

2, Person who has to google ignoramus to find out what it means.

She had to google ignoramus to find out what it meant

by Seriously Big Al April 29, 2009

Ignorance

Most of these definitions are wrong, ignorance is the assumption of utmost knowing about a subject when you clearly have no clue and when you try to get into a subject you have no idea about, it has nothing to do with being dull or not knowing it is the belief or pretending that you know and trying to give your two cents when you have never even researched the topic

Ignorant Asshole-Soccer is a gay sport invented by women, so it showed be played by women.

Informed Person-Dude do you even know what your talking about, it was evented by a group of college boys in 1863 in England, it takes an incredible amount of skill and has grown to be the world most popular sport with a growing rate 3.5 billion people worldwide, god you have so much Ignorance

Ignorant Asshole-Wait...whats Soccer again

by Bob Deeedly July 8, 2011

Aggressively-Ignorant

(Adjective) - A category of person or organization that goes out of their way to avoid knowing or learning about something so as to avoid responsibility or duty to act.

Usually associated with someone who exhibits either a general lack of intellectural curiosity or just plain burned out in their careers so they don't even try to improve themselves. These individuals are motivated by a strong desire to be the opposite of the "go-to-guy" so as to discourage requests for help or challenging assignments.

Boy that Wally sure is "aggressively-ignorant"- when I asked for help he claimed to never have used the copier before - and he sits right next to it!

by Civilsavant April 23, 2011

ignorant

a word often used by upper class college kids towards working class men

working class man:guns are not the problem

upper class college kid : thats ignorant

upper class college kid : im offended that means your ignorant

by cowboydinosaur December 28, 2020

wilful ignorance

Knowingly ignoring something for no good reason.

When Joe read the newspaper every morning, he knowingly skipped over the articles about car crashes, even though they were happening all around him. A fine example of wilful ignorance!

"What a willfully ignorant bastard!"

by Ohnonamouse March 9, 2009

informed ignorance

The seemingly oxymoronic state one holds after being briefed on an important issue that they themselves recognize as deserving of further investigation, and then having made the conscious decision not to learn anything more about it.

Example 1.
Dude A: Hey dude, wanna go to that lecture on the ongoing genocide in Darfur?
Dude B: Nah, no thanks dude. I'm happy with my informed ignorance.

Example 2.
Hippies often try to make you feel guilty about your own informed ignorance.

by outercow April 25, 2009