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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
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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
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piss ignorant

Doing something that you think will make work easier but having your boss tell you that you are a dumbass until the crack fog clears and you can continue doing your job. Most people that are piss ignorant are short guys that wear 1988 calculator watches, wear a rain suit on a dry summer day, generally any oilfield hand or no matter what they do is never good enough or never right in decision making
What are you doing cleaning that pipe wrench?
It was dirty as hell
That's fucking piss ignorant
by RiNo October 17, 2013
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ignacy

A sexy guay whit the biggest dick, its a blessing to know Ignacy.
Ignacy has the biggest dick
Ignacy is så sexy
by ignacy January 14, 2021
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Ignore

Not to pay too much attention to someone.
Stephen: You're gonna say Hitler was a racist next!
Hugh: (...)
Stephen: What?
Hugh: Oh, just shut up you blittering twat!

-Here, Hugh was to ignore Stephen-
by casdebom July 15, 2010
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ignoramous

A really ignorant person. Someone who doesn't know how the world works, and doesn't CARE to know.
Boyo, you are such an ignoramous. Can't you learn to shut your mouth while you chew your food?
by Cherry Nelsonic May 24, 2005
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ignert

short for ignorant, used in the south.
You ain't watching the NASCAR race today, what is you ignert?
by ChiefC December 1, 2007
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