Posted on 05/25/2018 6:34:57 AM PDT by Red Badger
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Ultracrepidarian.
Definition: one who is presumptuous and offers advice or opinions beyond one's sphere of knowledge.
The meaning of this word comes from a story in antiquity, in which the famed Greek painter Apelles one day heard a cobbler criticizing the way he had rendered a foot in a painting.
ul·tra·crep·i·dar·i·an ˌəltrəkrepəˈderēən/ adjective adjective: ultracrepidarian; adjective: ultra-crepidarian
1. expressing opinions on matters outside the scope of one's knowledge or expertise. "Dad, how do we know the universe is expanding? inquires your six-year-old. Try answering that without resorting to an ultracrepidarian trick here or there"
noun noun: ultracrepidarian; plural noun: ultracrepidarians; noun: ultra-crepidarian; plural noun: ultra-crepidarians
1. a person who expresses opinions on matters outside the scope of their knowledge or expertise. "most patients are ultracrepidarians when it comes to medicine"
Origin early 19th century: from Latin ultra beyond and crepida shoe, sandal, with allusion to the remark ne supra crepidam sutor iudicaret the cobbler should not judge beyond his shoe, attributed to the painter Apelles of Kos in response to criticism from a shoemaker in Pliny the Elder's Natural History (AD 77).
Just a word of advice. If you're going to post a coupon in your thread, it should probably have an expiration date.
When everybody is a ultracrepidarian, then no one is ultracrepidarian!.....................
I’m in electronics.
Dashed lines indicate something hidden or optional..............
Well excuuuuuuuuse me.
That’s a reference from the Steve martin breakout comedy album of 1995 entitled “Let’s Get Small” Released by Warner Bros.
See, a Superultracrepidarian does know everything. Having read the FR Rules and Regulations, there is no reference to superultracrepidarian behavior being subject to ban.
Henceforth, as a FReeper in good standing, I will this continue to exercise my superultracrepidarian tendencies just as soon as I am successful in my search for all my firearms that were lost in a tragic boating accident that stuned my beeber.
Not everybody who crawls under the law is an ultracreepadarian and hides their crimes and morals under their hypocrisy ...
But, well, ... Yes, they all are.
We are all superultracrepidarians, ergo, no one is a superultracrepidarian.....................
I have nothing to say.
Is there a ping list?
Well, there goes all of Free Republic... pretty much the entire internet except for a few technical bulletin boards.
or... “... I can only speak for myself”
Wait... YOU HAVE A SIX-YEAR-OLD????
I have a 1 year old, a 6 year old, and a 10 year old.
Cat.
Hey, watch it, ltos!!! LOL
“Superultracrepidarianism is not allowed on FR............”
How about antidisestablishmentarianism?
;^)
No only is it allowed, It’s Encouraged!...........................
In the story, I would guess that the shoemaker would have a pretty good idea of what a real foot should look like.
People who are full of their own status tend to label critics outside their perceived peer group as ultracrepidarian.
True..................A+++......................
When I was in the ninth grade everyone was writing down `antidisestablishmentarianism’ in their textbooks as proof that they now knew the longest word in the English language.
It isn’t, but it is. There are words with more letters, but this is the longest meaningful word in English as it refers to the disestablishing of the Anglican Church in England, meaning it was no longer a state religion.
“Not everyone who mansplains is an ultracrepidarian, but most are.”
Mansplaining is the application of right reason to fact for the purpose of demonstrating that feminist shit-goblins are full of it, so I don’t agree with your example.
No, not all mansplainers are know it alls. Some try to restrict their mansplaintions to subjects with which they have familiarity.
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