| Word | An armchair critic = armchair traveller = armchair politician |
|---|---|
| Description | A person who knows about a subject only by reading or hearing about it and criticizes without active experience or first-hand knowledge The phrase armchair critic is first recorded in 1896, but the concept was around at least a decade earlier In 1886 Joseph Chamberlain sneered at opponents as armchair politicians. Another common variant is armchair traveller, meaning someone who travels in their imagination only. A person who knows about a subject only by reading or hearing about it and criticizes without active experience or first-hand knowledge The phrase armchair critic is first recorded in 1896, but the concept was around at least |
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