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A person who claims to be an expert and markets him or herself as such, but has no discernable income or prior background being a practitioner in the subject matter they purport to represent. These individuals are usually offered talking points and a buried stipend (read: paid off) by a special interest group, such as a political party or industry lobby then go on to blog or make media appearances promoting their point of view to the detriment of people who are real-life practitioners and subject matter experts.
Andy is a pundit on technology issues but doesn't seem to have any real-world experience doing the things he promotes. Through some digging we can discover he is actually an industry shill.
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A portmanteau of pun and bandit, signifies someone who tells far too many puns. May optionally imply particular cleverness or skill.
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As stated by Enormo from http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/10/nbc-stars-whimper-ab.html#comment-435381 which is in regards to Jon Stewart versus NBC's Jim Cramer and Joe Scarborough on stock losses:
"Scarborough is a pundit. A pundit is a comedian who sucks at making people laugh."
"Scarborough is a pundit. A pundit is a comedian who sucks at making people laugh."
pundit by badmonkey0001-for-Enormo March 11, 2009
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Alex Warwick number 1 northern nazi shagging god, Ella dean entrepreneur and scrotum inspector. Apprentice to Big E the great, enslaver of amir. Pundit has a 15 quid bounty for sniffing his sisters underwear. He is private enemy number 2 after the legendary outlaw Neville Lishman.
Pundit by Big E the Great September 27, 2023