Ignorant means: Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up. For most families this word will pass by without incident; it is more a vocabulary curiosity than a parenting concern.
ignorant
Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
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10 citations · last seen May 2026
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BlueskyMay 2026
There is certainly none that are educated and are not ignorant, at least among the poor working classes.
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BlueskyMay 2026
shut the fuck up. stop speaking for women. you know nothing. you’re ignorant and fucking stupid. god, just go the fuck away!!
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BlueskyMay 2026
So you admit you're ignorant of basic facts then. Go look up the Employment Relations Act 1999. Life doesnt work in the neat and tidy goodies vs baddies way your Deform adjacent mindset would have it.
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BlueskyMay 2026
"I'm scared to put something beautiful in the world" Shame this fear didn't manifest when she decided to opine her monstrous ignorant bigotry on trans kids. I guess she is only confident to put ugliness into the world.
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BlueskyMay 2026
OK, I'm honestly not spoiling for an argument here, and as you know, I am completely ignorant about the science. But can we just dismiss the Seattle statement?
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
For parents
Ignorant means: Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up. For most families this word will pass by without incident; it is more a vocabulary curiosity than a parenting concern.
For ESL learners
ignorant means: Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself. A formal-English equivalent (a synonym or descriptive phrase) is usually safer in writing. When in doubt, paraphrase rather than reuse the slang form.
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“There is certainly none that are educated and are not ignorant, at least among the poor working classes.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“shut the fuck up. stop speaking for women. you know nothing. you’re ignorant and fucking stupid. god, just go the fuck away!!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“So you admit you're ignorant of basic facts then. Go look up the Employment Relations Act 1999. Life doesnt work in the neat and tidy goodies vs baddies way your Deform adjacent mindset would have it.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“"I'm scared to put something beautiful in the world" Shame this fear didn't manifest when she decided to opine her monstrous ignorant bigotry on trans kids. I guess she is only confident to put ugliness into the world.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“OK, I'm honestly not spoiling for an argument here, and as you know, I am completely ignorant about the science. But can we just dismiss the Seattle statement?”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
Not knowing (a fact or facts), unaware (of something).
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#3·Apr 27, 2026
(slang) Ill-mannered, crude.
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“The government has no place in the practice of medicine. These laws aren’t to protect children, they’re to control a minority population and feed propaganda to their ignorant base”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I think it's gauche that Rutte cackles and boasts about Russian losses, seemingly insensitive or ignorant to the other side of it. A man in his position should be serious about war and the sacrifices people make. He's not. He's not a serious person.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“There's a reason that this was deleted. Suggesting that folks getting upset at this are just ignorant might have, not so much missed the mark, but missed the whole fucking barn.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I think our system of government is alright in its design. Where it crumbles apart is when it’s populated with self centered conmen and basically ignorant people who are out for money and couldn’t care less about citizens. Once they get the job, they’re out for themselves.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“all police are ignorant therefore bastards but some police are to your face kind ignorant bastards if you're lucky but that doesn't change that they're all ignorant bastards”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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Why is this section here?
Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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