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Mr. Tom Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Use of ignoramus

Hi,

In my language, there is a semi-slang word whose literal translation in English would be ignoramus.

Ignoramus = not educated, not knowing right from wrong, ill-mannered

I want to know how natural in English it is to use the word like this.

You ignoramus! Can’t you see the car coming?

He’s such an ignoramus; he doesn’t understand very basic instructions.

All those ignoramuses were clamoring for their very unrealistic demands to be fulfilled.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Mr. TomI want to know how natural in English it is to use the word like this.
You ignoramus! Can’t you see the car coming?
He’s such an ignoramus; he doesn’t understand very basic instructions.
All those ignoramuses were clamoring for their very unrealistic demands to be fulfilled.

Yes, these are OK, except I would make the c

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Mr. Tomignoramus

FYI

This word is firmly in my passive vocabulary, but I don't use it in my active vocabulary. If I did, it would refer to someone who "knows nothing", especially, but not exclusively, when it relates to social expectations. For example, a man who tells an off-color joke to a nun, guffaws at the punch line, and slaps her on the back

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