{"id":4447,"date":"2022-06-09T17:50:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T17:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english-grammar-lessons.com\/?p=4447"},"modified":"2022-06-09T17:50:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T17:50:16","slug":"ignant-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english-grammar-lessons.com\/ignant-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignant \u2013 Meaning, Origin and Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you looking for a way to tell someone that their viewpoint is incorrect and they need to read up on the subject they\u2019re discussing? You could say they are \u201cignant<\/em>.\u201d They need to do more research before their opinion gets them in trouble. This post unpacks the meaning and origin of this expression.<\/p>\n

Meaning<\/h2>\n

The expression \u201cignant<\/em>\u201d means that someone is \u201cignoran<\/em>t\u201d of what they say. The person usually discusses the subject like they know what they are talking about, but deeper analysis shows they have nothing but an ideology around it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

People use \u201cignant<\/em>\u201d in many situations. It\u2019s common for people to use it to describe a racist person or someone that doesn\u2019t respect other people's culture. Calling someone \u201cignant<\/em>\u201d is another way of saying they are uneducated or stupid.<\/p>\n

Example Usage<\/h2>\n

\"Oh, that's so ignant. I can't believe you're saying that. It's so ignant. Stop being so ignant.\"<\/p>\n

\"Don't worry about him. He's just ignant. He'll never understand why people have cultural differences, and he expects everyone to be just like him.\"<\/p>\n

\"That's so ignant. Thinking that way about people isn't any way to go through life. You need to embrace people's differences, not mock them.\"<\/p>\n

\"That opinion is so ignant that I don't know how to reply to it. Perhaps you should read up on what you're saying because you clearly don't know what you're talking about with this.\"<\/p>\n

\"That girl is so ignant. She comes from the countryside, and she's never been to the big city before. Every day she's out there, and it's not going to be long before someone takes advantage of her.\"<\/p>\n

\"Why are you so ignant? This intolerance of other people's culture is unacceptable, and you need to apologize, or I'm kicking you out of here.\"<\/p>\n

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Origin<\/h2>\n

The expression \u201cignorant\u201d dates back to the 1940s. The word \u201cignant\u201d stems from the slang pronunciation of the word \u201cignorant,\u201d and it has the same meaning. Language experts are unsure when the term started replacing ignorant in modern mainstream culture.<\/p>\n

Initially, the word \u201cignorant\u201d referred to an uneducated or stupid person that wouldn\u2019t hold a conversation because of a lack of knowledge. However, the hip-hop community adopted the word \u201cignant\u201d in the 90s, and the word spread through the modern vocabulary, replacing the use of ignorant.<\/p>\n

Chris Rock coined the use of the word in 1996 during his stand-up special \u201cBring the Pain.\u201d In the special, Rock drops the following line.<\/p>\n

\u201cignant-ass ni**as f**k it up\u201d for regular black people.<\/p>\n

The Luniz would also use the word in their 1997 track \u201cHighest Niggas In The Industry,\u201d where the word appears as follows.<\/p>\n

\u201cIgnant muthaf**ka wanna step to me, I wouldn\u2019t hesitate to blast, b*tch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drake freestyled alongside the rapper Lil\u2019 Wayne in the 2009 track \u201cIgnant Sh*t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael Jackson would also use \u201cignorant\u201d in public when discussing racism. This led to the satirical TV show, South Park, using it as a meme in an episode of the series.<\/p>\n