The willful refusal of corporate leadership to acknowledge or adopt emerging technology, trends, or innovations. This often leads to catastrophic business failure. Most commonly found in legacy companies where senior execs are allergic to change and cling to outdated models like it’s still 1995.
Symptoms include:
- Laughing off disruptive startups
- Refusing to invest in digital transformation (including AI)
- Saying things like “This is how we’ve always done it”
- Holding 3-hour meetings to ignore 3-minute solutions
- Exaggerated paranoia about worst case outcomes trying new things.
- Refusal to invest extra money just because it might lower short term profitability and might temporarily upset investors.
- Pathetically trying to look “new and hip” by wasting money on asinine expenditures DEI and wokeness thinking customers will overlook outdated products and services. This was especially problematic 2021-2024 but still unfortunately prevalent in many corporations. This is the “Bud Light” effect.
Symptoms include:
- Laughing off disruptive startups
- Refusing to invest in digital transformation (including AI)
- Saying things like “This is how we’ve always done it”
- Holding 3-hour meetings to ignore 3-minute solutions
- Exaggerated paranoia about worst case outcomes trying new things.
- Refusal to invest extra money just because it might lower short term profitability and might temporarily upset investors.
- Pathetically trying to look “new and hip” by wasting money on asinine expenditures DEI and wokeness thinking customers will overlook outdated products and services. This was especially problematic 2021-2024 but still unfortunately prevalent in many corporations. This is the “Bud Light” effect.
Blockbuster had a chance to buy Netflix for pocket change, but their execs unfortunately had Dinosaur Ignorance. They thought they were too big to fail and they couldn’t see the asteroid of new technology about to obliterate their entire business model. Now there is just a sad empty dusty store in Oregon full of regrets.
by BlueonBack2628 March 21, 2025
Get the dinosaur ignorancemug. by RealGamer96 July 21, 2021
Get the Camping Ignorancemug. I want you to ignore this
by LingLing MD October 17, 2022
Get the ignore thismug. “Madison is texting let’s just ignore her” You’re just ignoring the girl. Hence why it’s called ignore madison day🧐
by Tummytickler27639 July 14, 2025
Get the Ignore madison daymug. Living in your own world to escape reality. Failure to know what is happening in the real world.
Tammy: I don't want to hurt him but just show him I have feelings
Jed: Your so Ignorant that you don't see that you are hurting him.
Tammy: I don't want to hurt him but just show him I have feelings
Jed: Your so Ignorant that you don't see that you are hurting him.
by GamVid April 2, 2016
Get the ignorantmug. An English speaker who believes the world revolves around them on the grounds that ‘English is the universal language’ & other bullshit.
Lots of draws to racism, xenophobia etc.
Lots of draws to racism, xenophobia etc.
I dislike Korean music because I can’t understand the lyrics.
You don’t listen to English music in Korea?? Are you f-ing crazy? How is this possible?
Alan, that is your English ignorance.
I went to Spain last month, no one spoke English... idiots.
You don’t listen to English music in Korea?? Are you f-ing crazy? How is this possible?
Alan, that is your English ignorance.
I went to Spain last month, no one spoke English... idiots.
by Ninjacat1357392 June 1, 2021
Get the English Ignorancemug. Melanie: no Linda, that's not how it's done
Linda: chill! , I know this . I've done this before
Melanie: urgh! You're so full of ignorance
Linda: chill! , I know this . I've done this before
Melanie: urgh! You're so full of ignorance
by Mamonyene June 11, 2017
Get the ignorancemug.