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Armchair Opinion

An armchair opinion is someone who offers advice or criticism without having active experience or first-hand knowledge. The term refers to a person who knows about a subject only by reading or hearing about it, rather than having practical experience in the field.
Every man and their dog, offering an armchair opinion. When in actual fact they have no clue.
by Savitar5150 July 12, 2025
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Armchair Sleuth

A person who tries to solve real life crimes by finding evidence exclusively using their computer.

Usually collaborates with people on Reddit/4chan or other forums.
Young Timmy is too into finding the identity of a cat murderer he found online by finding the IP address of the site the murderer set up and posting it on 4chan. He is an Armchair Sleuth.
by spr_shb September 16, 2021
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Armchair Engineer

A person, often who does not hold an engineering degree or does, but has no actual experience with real engineering and ended up in a different technical field. This person can often be found on facebook or other social media platforms criticizing engineers for apparent problems with consumer or other products that they believe could be better. This person is quick to point out obvious faults because they believe engineering is simply envisioning a perfect product, and that makes it happen. They have no understanding/experience with the cost, management, cross-functional team collaboration, qualification requirements, documentation requirements, problems of similar parts, legal regulations, interchangeability with other parts or assemblies, material properties and compatibility, corrosion resistance, lead times of parts and material, production costs, service restrictions and costs, low rate of failures pertaining to the one they unfortunately experienced, or many other constraints that limit the "perfect solution" that they envision.
Armchair engineer: "Its 2024, surely engineers could design a car that never rusts or corrodes, they just want you to pay for repairs and replacements to ensure they maintain profits". Engineer:" Sure, there are materials available to prevent corrosion for a longer time if you want to pay 6-8 figures for your vehicle that gets you A to B and costs 5-7 figures to repair and still requires yearly maintenance to avoid that condition. No rust or other corrosion on cars for the life of the car is a great idea though, not sure why us engineers didnt think of that, where did you get your armchair engineering degree? We should probably go back to your school."
by beer08 July 30, 2024
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Armchair podiatrist

Someone who is fascinated about touching people's feet, but not as a fetish. They usually have beginner-level knowledge on the anatomy of the human foot and can also give great foot massages.
My sister's boyfriend is kind of a creep about her feet, like an armchair podiatrist.
by sad miku November 8, 2023
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armchair nickelback

n. Someone with no musical ability who endlessly explains how a song should have been written or performed.

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Don't listen to that old dude. He's just an armchair nickelback.

You know that's Bob Dylan , right?

Yeah. So what's your point?
by gnostic3 December 11, 2022
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Armchair Solutionizer

A micromanager who thinks they know more about a product than the professionals they’ve hired to develop it, despite the fact the reason they hired the professionals in the first place is due to the fact that they know diddly-fucking-squat about it.
Sorry guys I know I'm solutioning, but I'm a total armchair solutionizer
by Andy loves hookers and coke September 23, 2020
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Armchair General

All the self-appointed Sun Tzus and Napoleans who frequently comment on military threads or comment sections believing they know better than actual military generals and lash out against his so called "enemy commentators" when faced with an opposing argument.
Comment: "The U.S. Lend Lease was a major factor in WWII that helped save the Soviets."

Armchair General: "You obviously dont know anything. Russia would just move further east and lend lease was liek 0.0001% of ussr production. USA was coward, didnt help much, and only came when russia did all the dirty work."

Stalin: "Without the machines we received through Lend-Lease, we would have lost the war.” (His actual words)
by FactoryRTSDeveloper January 3, 2025
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