Posted by INTRUDN on December 17, 2001 at 05:16:06:
In Reply to: You tell him, Peter.. posted by Dr D on December 13, 2001 at 03:52:43:
And, Peter, that's all I have'ta say about that. That, and finally a little action around this joint. SHEESH! Look at the cobwebs in here!
Thanks to Dr D waaay up thar in CANADA for sticking up for me. You never know, Peter just might call me ignorant to my face. Some folks have. Some have regretted it. Some were right.
Let's look at it this way:
ignorant--adjective
1) lacking knowledge or education,
syn benighted, empty-headed, illiterate, know-nothing, rude, uneducated, uninstructed, unlettered, unschooled, untaught, untutored
rel lowbrow, uncultured, unintellectual; callow, green, inexperienced; crude, gross, raw, uncouth; ingenuous, naive, simple, unsophisticated
con educated, erudite, learned, literate
2) lacking information on or awareness of something
syn incognizant, inconversant, oblivious, unacquainted, unaware, unfamiliar, uninformed, uninstructed, unknowing, unwitting
idiom in the dark
con aware, conscious, conversant, informed, knowing, knowledgeable
3) syn see BACKWARD
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Yup, I've been called #3 before........LOL