# Sometimes it is better to feign ignorance
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 13, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992 "2020-08-13T12:48:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992/1 "2020-08-13T12:48:19Z")
My wife and I were watching an episode of _Ramy_ (series on Hulu) and the term MILF came up. She asked me, “What’s a MILF?” So I told her. At that exact moment I realized I probably wasn’t supposed to know the answer.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992/2 "2020-08-13T12:58:03Z")
The correct answer is “You!”.
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### Author:  [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992/3 "2020-08-13T13:52:15Z")
Mrs. 74westy is a Mother I Like to Fuck.
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### Author:  [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992/4 "2020-08-13T16:45:32Z")
I mean, it’s not exactly the most salacious knowledge. It could just mean you saw the movie _American Pie_.
Now if she asks you what ‘donkey punch’ means definitely feign ignorance.
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### Author:  [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992/5 "2020-08-13T16:48:04Z")
Ok this is the perfect answer.
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### Author:  [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992/6 "2020-08-13T18:02:59Z")
> [@Folly](#):
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> I mean, it’s not exactly the most salacious knowledge. It could just mean you saw the movie _American Pie_ .
A 21 year old movie, FWIW.
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### Author:  [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992/7 "2020-08-13T18:08:16Z")
Stifler’s mom is probably a GILF by now.
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### Author:  [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992/8 "2020-08-13T18:39:30Z")
> [@bump](#):
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> A 21 year old movie, FWIW.
Well, now I just feel old.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992/9 "2020-08-13T18:49:28Z")
> [@Folly](#):
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> > A 21 year old movie, FWIW.
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> Well, now I just feel old. -
Another 20 years, it’s be a FILS. Film I’d Like to See.
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### Author:  [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992/10 "2020-08-13T18:56:24Z")
Jeeze, I knew what a milf was like 25 years ago. I’d think someone was pretty clueless if they didn’t know what it was by now. Like not knowing what 69 meant. It’s not like some obscure pornographic reference anymore.
I WILL say, however, when my wife explained to me what DTF meant, I was a bit perturbed that she knew that before me. So yeah, maybe it is best to feign ignorance.
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### Author:  [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992/11 "2020-08-13T18:58:51Z")
My wife is a babe in the woods. I hope to God she never asks me what is playing the rusty trombone.
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### Author:  [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992/12 "2020-08-13T19:03:59Z")
[Here’s a picture of her about a year ago.](https://i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk/incoming/article19062878.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/jennifer-coolidge-391690)
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992/13 "2020-08-13T19:09:22Z")
> [@Ashtura](#):
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> I WILL say, however, when my wife explained to me what DTF meant, I was a bit perturbed that she knew that before me. So yeah, maybe it is best to feign ignorance.
I’ve seen the term thot and I could tell from the context it was something sexual. But I didn’t really know what it meant until I googled it yesterday.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992/14 "2020-08-13T19:15:14Z")
As long as we’re talking about the term, I’d like to do an informal survey of what a milf is.
Is it any woman who’s a mother? Or is it a woman who’s old enough to be your mother?
I’m old enough that there are plenty of women half my age who are mothers. It seems ridiculous for me to be calling them milfs.
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### Author:  [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992/15 "2020-08-13T22:03:07Z")
> [@Folly](#):
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> Now if she asks you what ‘donkey punch’ means definitely feign ignorance.
I’ve honestly never heard that one and don’t know what it is, though I’ve got enough online experience (I’m a long time bachelor 😉) to know what, for example, a camel toe is.
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### Author:  [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992/16 "2020-08-13T22:25:59Z")
It’s for the best…
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992/17 "2020-08-13T22:32:48Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#):
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> > Now if she asks you what ‘donkey punch’ means definitely feign ignorance.
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> I’ve honestly never heard that one and don’t know what it is, though I’ve got enough online experience (I’m a long time bachelor 😉) **to know what, for example, a camel toe is.**
That’s when your camel breaks down and you call ACA, right?
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992/18 "2020-08-13T23:09:50Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#):
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> …to know what, for example, a camel toe is.
Is it similar to pussy foot?
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### Author:  [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992/19 "2020-08-13T23:18:21Z")
> [@TriPolar](#):
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> > [@EinsteinsHund](#):
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> > …to know what, for example, a camel toe is.
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> Is it similar to pussy foot?
I honestly don’t know. And I don’t know if I want to know it 😆.
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-it-is-better-to-feign-ignorance/917992/20 "2020-08-14T00:14:13Z")
[MILF Island clip from 30 Rock](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqJNgAP2QnU)
_“20 MILFs, 50 eight-grade boys, no rules!”_
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