second guesser
nounEtymology From second + guesser. First use appears c. 1937. By a back-formation, second-guess as a verb appears a few years later in 1941. From second guess + -er.
1
A person who second-guesses.
- Such a change of heart in MacPhail, or any other second guesser, is unlikely.1988 October, George Vass, “World Series: A Magnet for the Second-Guessers”, in Baseball Digest, volume 47, number 10, Lakeside Publishing Company, ISSN 0005-609X, page 21
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Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Slang A person, particularly a fan, who questions or criticizes decisions made by the players or managers, especially after the results of those actions are known.
- Derived terms
- second-guess