Definition: A self‑selected group who proudly flaunt their inanity, branding themselves through nonsense phrases and empty repetition. The opposite of the cognoscenti (those who know).
Translation for reasonable audiences: “I am unabashedly ignorant; hear me fecklessly roar with no other purpose than to inflict my stupidity on you.”
Usage: Often applied to chanters of “6‑7, 6‑7” and similar viral nonsense, who treat stupidity not as shame but as identity.
- “The classroom was full of ignoranti chanting ‘6‑7’ like it was their anthem.”
- “He thinks he’s clever, but he’s just another ignoranti, bragging about his own brain rot.”
- “While the cognoscenti debate fine art, the ignoranti repeat memes and conspiracy theories until they collapse under the weight of their own stupidity.”
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).