an individual, typically male, who incessantly second guesses the outcome of military battles recreated on television. Often addicted to the History Channel, has never served in the armed services, but is an active member of the NRA, an avid gun collector, yet doesn't hunt. Can be somewhat oblivious to spousal interests or needs.
Armchair mercenary: "Bla, bla, bla, then you know honey, if Brigadier General Warren's scouts hadn't found Little Round Top undefended, then Colonel Vincent wouldn't have led his brigade up the hill and set up a picket line. If General Lee's troops had just arrived there, say, just 10 minutes earlier, 20 tops, the Battle of Gettysburg would have been a Confederate victory! The rest would be history! Hey, grab me another beer, would ya?"
Wife: "You are sooo smart, snookums! You're my favorite armchair mercenary! Get your own beer, but just one! Remember? I've got to go, uh..... go and visit my sick friend again."
Armchair mercenary: "Hey, what if the Rebel snipers had had Barrett 50s with match ammo? Where'd I put the remote?
Wife: "You are sooo smart, snookums! You're my favorite armchair mercenary! Get your own beer, but just one! Remember? I've got to go, uh..... go and visit my sick friend again."
Armchair mercenary: "Hey, what if the Rebel snipers had had Barrett 50s with match ammo? Where'd I put the remote?
by Herr Doktor Grauwolf January 25, 2009
An avid sports fan who really doesn't play any sport, but has a vast knowlege of the ins & outs of their sport of choice.
Bob knows more about football than any of the players on the football team. He's a true armchair jock
by J-Mar June 6, 2006
These are typically 24 year old yuppie wannabees straight out of college. It takes about 18 months to get them to the point where they can actually do something constructive for the company. Once this happens, they get a stupid title with the word "worldwide director" or something, and from this point on will not put their hands on anything tangible, like a product.
"Man, that Jeremy is an egghead. We finally get him to the point where he can walk without hand-holding and he gets a position with the armchair engineers."
by running out of patience March 15, 2008
Person of the 'alternative society' bent who would claim a desire to 'smash the system'. Their chosen means of smashing the aforesaid system would be to get really drunk and/or stoned and mouth-off raucously and belligerently to those already aware of our non-working class hero's political ideology, usually to the strains of seriously non-commercial underground sounds.
Revolution from the comfort of one's easy chair.
Revolution from the comfort of one's easy chair.
Andy knew that this government was fucked-up and he knew just what needed to be done; 'seize power! overthrow! Yeah! Class war! Whose turn is it to skin-up then?'
He's just an armchair anarchist.
He's just an armchair anarchist.
by Dogload January 23, 2007
A person who seems to have poorly based opinions on every aspect, defends them all blindly, and does it with very little research, IE: from just an armchair.
by moeburn September 23, 2004
A person who gives advice for mental disorders, emotional disorders, or any other mental illness and has no known background knowledge of psychology. More than just advice with no clinical know how.
Some dude gave me advice on eating disorders at Mac D's and claimed that the food additives had addictive properties creating a mental cycle of "food abuse". I asked if he was some kind of armchair psychologist or a something, grabbed my number one with cheese and bounced. Fucker was right or was he?
by anti-goodtimes October 7, 2009
A person who gives advice for mental disorders, emotional disorders, or any other mental illness and has no known background knowledge or psychiatry. More than just advice with no clinical know how.
I was at work and some a-hole that I was talking to tried to give me advice on my ADD, he even offered me ways to obtain ADD medication, what an a-hole armchair psychiatrist!
by Anti-a-hole October 7, 2009