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Origin of Ignoramus
October 10, 2009 8:51 am
(@grantbarrett)
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The story behind the word ignoramus is big fun. It involves a bumbling lawyer, a six-hour farce from the 17th century, and a Latin legal term. See? Big fun. This is part of a complete episode.
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