Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

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Beware The Ultracrepidarians

Beware The Ultracrepidarians

A different aspect of Twitter Toxicity

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Jul 01, 2022
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Afraid, by Terry Freedman

Ultra-crepidarian n. One who ventures beyond his scope; an ignorant or presumptuous critic.

Source: The Oxford English Dictionary.

It all started with Brexit. At least, that’s when I first became aware of the preponderance of people who are more than happy to pontificate about, and lecture the rest of us on, a subject of which t…

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