Critical Contrarianism

The belief that critics are almost always dead wrong when reviewing a work. Indeed, these days reviews from critics and audiences tend to differ wildly.

The common belief is that if the critic reviews are negative and the audience is positive, the work is great, and if critic reviews are high while audience reviews are poor, the work is terrible.

The Mario Movie got a 55% on Rotten Tomatoes from critics, but 98% from the audience. That's critical contrarianism for you.

by Ubeenbamboozledson April 9, 2023

critical path

A buzzword Project Managers used to describe the priority of work items that they don't comprehend.

I have some concerns that we're not focusing enough to prioritize which three (3) crayons will be used by our stakeholders; it's critical path.

by Project ARCHIE August 29, 2016

Criticize

And you fucking listed several of the values you've been able to glean from the Super Omega Bible (Supreme). I'm literally writing the better alternative as you read this and you're stealing it as an interpretation of the bible. Which it's not. It's BETTER than the bible. I'm BETTER the God. Like, 3 to 6 times better.

Hym "And I don't just criticize you're literally stealing the better alternative and gloming it on to the bible as a matter of interpretation. That's literally all Jordan Peterson has ever done. Repurpose other people shit for his own use under the guise of being the TRUE and CORRECT interpretation of the bible. HE CAN'T SEE HOW IT'S NOT TRUE GUYS!"

by Hym Iam March 14, 2024

critical condition

A term meaning "almost dead"

His grandma's alive, she's just in critical condition.

by CigaroCigaroCigar November 18, 2025

subtle criticism

clever and indirect : not showing your real purpose. When it comes to giving criticism, sometimes it's best to take a subtle approach.

He didn't seem to understand my subtle hints.(subtle criticism)

by Ka_V May 19, 2021

critical coffee

Overstepping the critical amount of coffee you can drink, i. e. having one to many cups of coffee resulting in becoming very tired instead of alert and awake.

"oh boy, I'm too tired for the meeting now"
"why - you've been drinking coffee all morning!"
"yea, but I just had my critical coffee, no I need a nap"

by bustrud March 9, 2023

Art Critic

A person who takes joy in checking out 'works of art' specifically those of female asses and breasts.

Dude 1: OMG he's such and Art Critic.
Dude 2: yeah, but have u seen her Mona Lisa!!!
Dude 1: Finger licking good.

by Adaaaaaaam March 25, 2009