IGNORE, IGNORED, IGNORING
ADJECTIVES
► ARSEPAPERED ignored → 1980s Aust. half-rhyming sl.
► BASKETED abandoned, ignored, misunderstood, confused → 1867 sl.
► ICED isolated, ignored → 1970s African-American sl.
► IN THE COLD ► LEFT OUT ► LEFT OUT IN THE COLD ► OUT IN THE COLD neglected; ignored → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NOT IN IT neglected; ignored → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PASSED UP neglected; ignored → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STRUTHONIAN tending to ‘hide one’s head in the sand’ like an ostrich, and ignore unwelcome facts; pretending a problem doesn’t exist → 1963 jocular usage
NOUNS
► EYE-BLINKING an instance of disapproving of or ignoring something impolite or indecorous → 1891
► IGNORATION the act of ignoring or treating as unknown; disregarding; the fact of being ignored → 1865
► PRETERGRESSION an ignoring or failing to follow a law, authority, etc.; an overstepping bounds → 1615 obs.
VERBS
► BLANK to deliberately ignore someone → 1977 Brit. sl.
► BLINK to ignore, to evade → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CHUCK A SHOULDER to ignore, to ‘cut’ → 1909 (Bk.)
► COP A DEAF ‘UN to pretend to be deaf or at least not to hear the last statement; hence to deliberately ignore any form of wrongdoing → 1920s sl.
► DANCE ASS to ignore the needs of others → 2003 Trinidad and Tobago sl.
► DEADHEAD to ignore → 2002 UK sl.
► DISRECOGNIZE to discount, to ignore → 1974 Amer. dial.
► DOG to intentionally ignore → 20C teen & high school sl.
► FADE to ignore or to get rid of → 1992 African-American sl.
► FAKE ON SOMEONE to ignore → 1970s African-American sl.
► FAKE OUT to ignore → 1990s African-American sl.
► FALL BETWEEN THE CRACKS to be ignored, overlooked, mismanaged, or forgotten, esp. because of ambiguity in definition or understanding → 1970s Amer. sl.
► FAN to ignore someone or something; to cut a class → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FART OFF to slight; to neglect; to ignore→ 1942 Amer. sl.
► FOUL to ignore someone → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► GAFF to insult, to ignore → 1980s US students’ sl.
► GET AIR to be ignored → 2005 UK sl.
► GIVE SOMEONE THE GO-BY to bypass someone; to ignore someone → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GIVE THE IG to ignore a person deliberately, to snub → 1930s sl., orig. African-American
► HAVE THE BLIND EYE, TO deliberately to ignore or pretend not to see that which is inconvenient → 1922 (Bk.)
► HIGH-HAT to ignore or snub someone; to assume a superior attitude → 1924 Amer. dial.
► IG ► IGG to ignore; to snub; to reject → 1946 Amer. dial.
► KISS OFF to ignore or dismiss rudely and abruptly → 1935 US sl.
► LET HIM R.I.P let him rip, i.e. don’t bother about him → L19 sl.
► LET THE HIDE GO WITH THE TALLOW to ignore little matters in the presence of greater; to neglect details when larger matters are lost → 1916 Amer. dial.
► LET THE TAIL GO WITH THE HIDE to ignore little matters in the presence of greater; to neglect details when larger matters are lost → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MISKEN to mistake, not to recognize, to be ignorant of; to ignore, to disown, to refuse to notice → 1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NUT ON to ignore → 1966 Amer. sl.
► PASS ► PASS UP to ignore, to have no interest → L19 sl.
► PAY NO MIND to ignore → 1910s US sl.
► PUT A PASS to ignore, to have no interest → L19 sl.
► PUT THE IG ON to ignore somebody; to snub → 1977 Amer. dial.
► SCRUB THE SLATE CLEAN to cancel or ignore the past and start again → L19 US sl.
► SEND A MAN TO DINGLETY-COOTCH vb. to send a man to Coventry; to ignore or ostracize a person → 1859 Ireland
► SLIP BETWEEN THE CRACKS to be ignored, overlooked, mismanaged, or forgotten, esp. because of ambiguity in definition or understanding → 1970s Amer. sl.
► SWITCH OFF to become oblivious of; to ignore → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► TALK TO A BRICK WALL to speak in vain → 1909
► THROW OFF ON to neglect, to ignore, to abandon → 1858 Amer. dial.
► WAIVE to treat with neglect, to ignore, to disregard, to overlook; to let pass an opportunity → c1400 obs.