18 euphemisms for “I haven’t a f*cking clue” that make ignorance seem really intelligent
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Teaching "interesting question, we're looking at that next lesson."
— Robert Robson (@rrobson66) December 23, 2018
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Theater: This play is set in a “poetic space”
— The Shrieking Calvinist Right Above You (@Manof_Shoes) December 23, 2018
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Translation: "What's the context?'
— David Ronder (@davidronder) December 16, 2018
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"Not previously described in the literature" means no one else knows either.
— Ann C (@qxzq) December 23, 2018
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In cartography: “here there be dragons”
— Adam Wilbert (@awilbert) December 23, 2018
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In aircraft maintenance we used “Unable to duplicate fault”.
Meaning: I didn’t do anything but it works now. 😂
— Steve Daly (@SteveDaly15) December 23, 2018
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In palaeontology (not my field—I just like fossils), problematica refers to unidentifiable fossils. Pretty sure that's Latinish for "I don't know wtf this is, but it has to fit in a category or I can't give it a name."
— LaFal (@LauraAnnFallon) December 23, 2018
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“<Reads entire results section>
… However there were several methodical problems with this study”
— Sean Erreger, LCSW (@StuckonSW) December 23, 2018
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Mathematics: "undecidable".
This means: "we don't know – and we damn well *know* that we don't know".
— John Carlos Baez (@johncarlosbaez) December 24, 2018
One of Hillary Clinton’s communications team had an astute observation about how politicians admit they don’t know.
Communications: "Send to legal for approval."
Politics: "Absolutely. I know exactly what you're talking about." https://t.co/AHFFQdNBSz
— Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 (@cmclymer) December 26, 2018
Sounds about right.
