Portmanteau of "confidence" and "ignorance".
An unwarranted sense of confidence felt by those possessing a seemingly supernatural ignorance.
An unwarranted sense of confidence felt by those possessing a seemingly supernatural ignorance.
Sarah Palin's infuriating sound bites are steeped in ignidence.
"Shoot, I must have lived such a doggoned sheltered life as a normal, independent American up there in the Last Frontier, schooled with only public education and a lowly state university degree, because obviously I haven't learned enough to dismiss common sense." --Sarah Palin, on opposition to offshore oil drilling, Facebook note, June 13, 2010
"Shoot, I must have lived such a doggoned sheltered life as a normal, independent American up there in the Last Frontier, schooled with only public education and a lowly state university degree, because obviously I haven't learned enough to dismiss common sense." --Sarah Palin, on opposition to offshore oil drilling, Facebook note, June 13, 2010
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" The incidences of credit card theft have risen dramatically since the influx of immigrants from Upper Freedonia have entered the neighborhood once know as Little Albania."
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Igfidence is a state of mind causing people to think something is working just because they don't know that it is not working.
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"The Internet is my chief weakness around term paper season."
"I'm exactly the same way! In fact, I have a paper due tomorrow at four!"
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"I'm exactly the same way! In fact, I have a paper due tomorrow at four!"
"The ironidence of this situation is not lost on me..."
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Get the Ironidence mug."Ignagence" is slang incorporating ignorant but knowledgeable: meaning one has knowledge of a subject but refuses to acknowledge or confirm that knowledge. It's used by people to get out of a task or hide intelligence.
1.Bob has a flat tire but pretends not to know it needs air.
2. Bob gets money.
3. When talking about politics bob pretends not to know what a republican is.
4. Ignagence is bitches.
5. Augusto is ignagent.
2. Bob gets money.
3. When talking about politics bob pretends not to know what a republican is.
4. Ignagence is bitches.
5. Augusto is ignagent.
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