armchair criticism
English edit
Etymology edit
From armchair critic + -ism.
Noun edit
armchair criticism (countable and uncountable, plural armchair criticisms)
- A comment or criticism made by an armchair critic.
- 1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 274:
- This is an armchair criticism, and the proof of the pudding will be in the eating.