³1username³2LarrySanger³2name³2text_default³2version³21³2ts³2981497067³2ip³2209.66.79.109³2data³2newauthor³31³3minor³31³3text³3A ''crank'' is someone who pretends, whether knowing it is pretense or not (usually not), to have knowledge of some subject and writes or speaks in an authoritative fashion about it.  A source of amusement and/or annoyance to actual ExpertS.
³3summary³3*³2tscreate³2981497067³2keepts³2981499492³2id³21001³2host³2cobrand.bomis.com³2revision³21³1username³2LarrySanger³2name³2text_default³2version³21³2ts³2981499492³2ip³2209.66.79.109³2data³2text³3A ''crank'' is someone who pretends, whether knowing it is pretense or not (usually not), to have knowledge of some subject and writes or speaks in an authoritative fashion about it--but who does not have it.  A source of amusement and/or annoyance to actual ExpertS.
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