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noun:

Superficial knowledge; a superficial show of learning.

Sciolism comes from Late Latin sciolus, “a smatterer,” from diminutive of Latin scius, “knowing,” from scire, “to know.” One who has only superficial knowledge is a sciolist.

This sounded so much better than saying I don’t really know much of anything….. Most importantly, now you know “smatterer” is a word, too.

Kid is a different kind of smatterer. Of paint. Of liquid soap. Of foamy toothpaste.

Oh, wait. Maybe that’s “splatterer.”

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