erudite

[cowdery]

I won't go into details, but someone in conversation yesterday referred to the participants on this board as "erudite." I thought you'd want to know.

[fishnbowljoe]

Thanks Chuck. I think. :skep: Not to pry, but do you think it was meant in a positive manner, or kind of "tongue in cheek" ? Joe

[MarkEdwards]

I won't go into details, but someone in conversation yesterday referred to the participants on this board as "erudite." I thought you'd want to know.

Not only that, but in 2006, many SBers were Time Magazine's person of the year. :cool:

[smokinjoe]

What does erudite mean?

[ratcheer]

What does erudite mean?

[callmeox]

Educated, widely read, well informed, "in the know".

Tim

Sometimes they just jump into the boat, eh Joe? :-)

:slappin:

[ErichPryde]

I vote that we add a :facepalm: smiley to this forum just for occasions like this.

[barturtle]

Google...Google...Ah, cool.

We try.

[kickert]

I am guessing if we have to look it up, we don't meet the criteria.

[cowdery]

I think it was meant as, "not typical," in contrast to the uninformed commentary on some blogs.

[sailor22]

I always feel like I'm drinking with a bunch of smart guys when I'm here.

[OscarV]

I think it was meant as, "not typical," in contrast to the uninformed commentary on some blogs.

Also means educated but rude and unskilled.

I think he probably meant it as a backhanded compliment.

[Hawg73]

Well, I think you guys are all very knowledgeable...for what it's worth!

[barturtle]

Also means educated but rude and unskilled.

I think he probably meant it as a backhanded compliment.

[Rughi]

sb.commies may be erudite, but there's only one bibulous grammarian (posts 4-8)

Roger

[OscarV]

sb.commies may be erudite, but there's only one bibulous grammarian (posts 4-8)

Roger

[CorvallisCracker]

Also means educated but rude and unskilled.

No, I don't think that's true. I think the "er" part is associated with the "rude" part as a negating qualifier.

From dictionary.conference.com:

Word History: One might like to be erudite but hesitate to be rude. This preference is supported by the etymological relationship between erudite and rude. Erudite comes from the Latin adjective ērudītus, "well-instructed, learned," from the past participle of the verb ērudīre, "to educate, train." The verb is in turn formed from the prefix ex-, "out, out of," and the adjective rudis, "untaught, untrained," the source of our word rude. The English word erudite is first recorded in a work possibly written before 1425 with the senses "instructed, learned." Erudite meaning "learned" is supposed to have become rare except in sarcastic use during the latter part of the 19th century, but the word now seems to have been restored to favor.

Which is not to say that there aren't those here both knowledgeable and rude.

[cigarnv]

Clearly the more one drinks the smarter they get as well as becoming more interesting to others:grin:

[fishnbowljoe]

Thanks guys! :grin: Make mine a double...............entendre. :slappin: Joe

[ErichPryde]

All I needed was a good reason. :cool:

[callmeox]

At least they didn't call us crudite. :slappin:

[DeanSheen]

Tell them thanks, that's the best unintended compliment I've gotten in awhile.

[Dramiel McHinson]

I won't go into details, but someone in conversation yesterday referred to the participants on this board as "erudite." I thought you'd want to know.

Clearly this individual was well educated and recognized participants on this board for what they are. In those extremely rare instances when one appears rude in type, it may simply be the smoothing process that effaces all rudeness. In that case, the wikipedia definition fits well.:grin:

"A scholar is erudite (Latin eruditus) when instruction and reading followed by digestion and contemplation have effaced all rudeness ("e- (ex-) + rudis"), that is to say smoothed away all raw, untrained incivility. ..."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erudite

[sailor22]

Are you sure they didn't say Luddite?

[pepcycle]

At least they didn't call us crudite. :slappin:

I was thinking the same thing.

I have to admit, I'd rather be dipped in sour cream and eaten than just about anything else.