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).
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
Class is in session!.....................Don’t be late or you’ll get a demerit!......................
Not everyone who mansplains is an ultracrepidarian, but most are.
"....Because I'm getting fatter," I reply.
All the pundits on leftist cable channels personify the definition of ULTRACREPIDARIAN.
I have never heard that word before, but it’s wonderful!
Cliff Craven from CHEERS was the ultimate ULTRACREPIDARIAN.
Otherwise known as a “Know-It-All”.
Claven, not Craven.
Sometimes I think that “autocorrect” is ULTRACREPIDARIAN!
Oh good. I’m an expert on ultracrepidarians. Ask me anything.
We can all be Ultracrepidarians because we “read it on the internet”.
And, if we read it on the internet, it’s gotta be true, right?
I am not a mere ultracrepidarian, I’m a superultracrepidarian. I know more about everything than the average ultracrepidarian.
Want proof? I cleared the board on Jeopardy once. Answered every single question.
“It isn’t expanding, son. It’s just got gas. And the day of the Great Burp is long overdue....”
It’s hereditary...................A+....................
They pontificate on any subject like they really are!..............A+++...................
Yep!.....................A++...................
There are no ultracrepidarians on Free Republic!......................
It is said that without the support of George Soros, the corrupt US media and other anti-American organizations, his deception and general lack of knowledge about matters of import, (other than agitation of the easily influenced), would have been exposed earlier on in his career.
Superultracrepidarianism is not allowed on FR........................
Obasturd is a superultracrepidarian..........................A++++...............
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