white knowledge
n.— «Why must you use the Socratic method to introduce the Old Testament? I mean, granted, most of your students will have absorbed the basics in a white knowledge sort of manner—I did, and I’ve never read it.» —“Re: More on Verin” by knepveu@lynx.neu.edu (Kate Nepveu) Usenet: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan Mar. 13, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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