Citations:ignoranus

English citations of ignoranus

Noun: "(slang, vulgar, derogatory) a person who is both stupid and rude; an ignorant asshole"

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• 1999 — Victor Lewis-Smith, "Dying, but in the best of health", The Evening Standard, 16 September 1999:

  With the ignoranus (no, it is not a misspelling, it is my neologism for someone who is both stupid and an arsehole) on the train who cannot tell the difference between a mobile phone and a megaphone.

• 2002 — Craig Bolland, I Knit Water, University of Queensland Press (2002), →ISBN, page 88:

  "Hmmm … let's see. Social update: date from hell last night. The guy was a complete ignoranus — stupid and an asshole. […]

• 2002 — "Sideswipe", The New Zealand Herald, 4 December 2002:

  Stuart Bradbury would like us to start a campaign to dob in drivers without buses who insist on using the bus lane: "Ignoranus (n) This new word was defined some months ago...as someone who is both ignorant and an asshole. […]

• 2005 — Edna Buchanan, Cold Case Squad, Pocket Books (2005), →ISBN, page 107:

  "Still an ignoranus, both stupid and an asshole."

• 2005 — Alex Sánchez, Rainbow Road, Simon Pulse (2005), →ISBN, page 62:

  "Because it reminds me how much I hate ignoranus jocks."

• 2006 — Kathleen O'Reilly, Looking for Mr. Goodbunny, Downtown Press (2006), →ISBN, page 8:

  "Barbara, it's drinks and dessert only. Remember, we're here to assert ourselves, not suffer through the dregs of intimidation by some twenty-year-old ignoranus who wouldn't know customer service if it bit her on the butt."

• 2009 — Mary Hughes, Biting Nixie, Samhain Publishing (2009), →ISBN, page 204:

  "Julian Emerson, you can just take your snobby bitch crew and…and poke them up your prostrate,^[sic] you…you ignoranus!"

• 2010 — Mary Kennedy, Reel Murder, Obsidian (2010), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  As Vera Mae says, you can't win an argument with an ignoranus. An ignoranus, in case you're wondering, is a person who's both stupid and an asshole.

• 2011 — Karen Keilt, The Parrot's Perch, Xlibris (2011), →ISBN, page 202:

  "Are you kidding me Freddy? Don't be stupid. You're an ignoranus. […]

• 2011 — William Weyr, Anvil of Moonlight, Xlibris (2011), →ISBN, page 62:

  Ignoranus. Stupid AND an asshole.