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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Formed by analogy with back-seat driver.
Noun
back-seat gamer (plural back-seat gamers)
- (Internet, video games) A person who excessively commentates on the in-game decisions and actions of someone playing a video game, whilst not playing the game.
See also
- armchair quarterback, armchair general, gatecrasher, interloper, peeping tom, persona non grata, encroacher, kibitzer, meddler, nosy parker, marplot, buttinsky, busybody