kibitzer

kib·itzer

an onlooker at a card or chess game, etc., esp. one who volunteers advice
a giver of unwanted advice or meddler in others' affairs

Origin of kibitzer

Yiddish from colloquial German kiebitzen, to look on (at cards) from kiebitz, meddlesome onlooker, origin, originally , plover, of echoic origin, originally

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Noun

(plural kibitzers)

A person who offers unsolicited views, advice, or criticism; one who kibitzes.
Did I ask you what you thought about my card hand, you kibitzer!

Origin

From Yiddish, from Hebrew קיבוץ (kibúts, “a gathering”). Alternatively, from colloquial German kiebitzen (“to be an onlooker at a game”).

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