illiterate

Pronunciation: \(ˌ)i(l)-ˈli-t(ə-)rət
Function: Adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin illiteratus, from in- + litteratus literate
Date: 15th century
1: having little or no education ; especially : unable to read or write <an illiterate population>
2 a: showing or marked by a lack of familiarity with language and literature <an illiterate magazine> b: violating approved patterns of speaking or writing
3: showing or marked by a lack of acquaintance with the fundamentals of a particular field of knowledge <musically illiterate>
synonyms see ignorant

1. From the letter A through to the letter Z, the authors of this website's content have done nothing but show to the world that they are in fact......illiterate. All synonms apply.

2. When our country routinely ranks 24th (or worse) amongst the top 25 industrialized nations of the world in academic ability, why do we glorify that which is so grossly illiterate and ignorant. Do we really want to become a nation so inable to compete in global markets that our grandchildren /great-grandchildren will work for a bowl of rice a day? It WILL be our fate unless we start raising our standards. Including our humor.
It starts in the gutter, raise it out of the gutter and everything else becomes elevated. It has to start somewhere, why not here?
3. As citizens of a free (kind of) nation
we have the absolute right to be ignorant and illiterate. But why would we want to? I don't get it.

by Linguistic_abhorrence April 16, 2009

Edwardsville, Illinois

A town outside of St. Louis, Missouri with about 30,000 people. Known for it's athletic success, and also for the douche bags and sluts. While not every one is like this, any and every stereotype you have heard lives here. It is a rarity to find a guy that is not a complete ass hole. Girls on the other hand are slightly more normal, but the vast majority have been known to sleep around a few too many times. The town is nicely built and quaint but stay away from the bike trails during football games where you will encounter a wide range of pot heads. It is rumored to have a high population of heroin users. Although the town is rich, not everyone is a snob.

"Hey that guys smoking a bowl."

"Must be from Edwardsville, Illinois."

"You stupid slut."
"Just because I've slept with 23 guys doesn't make me a slut."

by Saul and Dale January 31, 2010

illinois nazis

wtf do you think a illinois nazi is? a nazi from illinois, also a common thing to dicuss whilst watchin the movie The Blues Brothers

Fuckin Illinois Nazis, I hate Illinois Nazis!

by jay-bo May 9, 2007

Text Illiterate

A person who uses informal slang terms in their text messages such as (dats, cuz, u, wuz, ur, n)

John: Hey man are you coming to the party?

Devin: ya man iz it 2nite?

John: dude what the fuck is that.

Devin: wat r u tlkin about?

John: dude your being totally text illiterate grow up you sound like a 13 year old douche.

by Yours Truly.. June 26, 2010

illiterature

The re-publication of a literary work in non-written form.

All book-on-tape and movie based on book would be considered Illiterature.

by funke_75 June 13, 2009

illiterate

The person next to you. The one with the stupid look on their face as they look over your shoulder at the screen wondering what all the symbols mean.

It's okay, I understand that you're illiterate, but we can play video games later.

Why are you looking over my shoulder? You're illiterate.

by VANCANMAN February 28, 2010

Illiterate Fuck

A person who has a small vocabulary and resorts to making up his own words to decribe the things that already exist, or is too lazy to use all of the words that define or decribe the idea.

You illiterate fuck, that's not a real word! It's Snoop-Dog, not Snoopy Dog!

by Jeffrey Lee June 18, 2006