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Alright folks, the term 'ignoramus' is a college farce, a 1615 academic play by George Ruggle. Written in Latin (with passages in English and French), it was arguably the most famous and influential academic play of English Renaissance drama. Ruggle based his play on La Trappolaria (1596), an Italian comedy by Giambattista della Porta (which in turn borrows from the Pseudolus of Plautus).

In Latin ignōrāmus the first-person plural present active indicative of īgnōrō (“I do not know”, “I am unacquainted with”, “I am ignorant of”) literally means “we are ignorant of” or “we do not know”. The term acquired its English meaning of an ignorant person or dunce as a consequence of Ruggle’s play.

Machete is an upcoming action-exploitation film co-written, produced, and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis. The film is an expansion of a fake trailer that was released in Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s 2007 film, Grindhouse. The film continues the same style of Grindhouse, which includes using the same B movie or exploitation style and footage. The film stars Danny Trejo in his first lead role as the title character.