2006-08-10 05:50:13 · 8 answers · asked by Word Junkie 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
A wannabe? A dilletante? A know-it-all? An armchair critic?
2006-08-10 05:55:59 · answer #1 · answered by kaligirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hobbiest. Everyone critiques everything, I don't know of a single person who doesn't form an opinion about books, movie, tv, food, style, etc... although they are not experts at all.
2006-08-10 13:34:56 · answer #2 · answered by lexie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Critic
2006-08-10 15:24:37 · answer #3 · answered by billm_07456 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about "maven"? It's a self-appointed expert (may in fact be an expert, but may just be self-appointed). As in William Safire's "The Language Maven Strikes Again" (ok, so he _is_ an expert!).
2006-08-12 18:56:19 · answer #4 · answered by Used_to_know 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Opinionated
2006-08-10 15:55:02 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Know-it-all
2006-08-10 13:02:02 · answer #6 · answered by Marie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pretentious, misguided, arrogant, narcissistic, egregious, bloviational, smug, self-important, boring, impotent, delusional, :-)
2006-08-10 12:59:05 · answer #7 · answered by drakke1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
connoisseur; dilettante; amateur; reviewer; dabbler
Personally, I like 'dilettante' and 'dabbler' the best for this definition.
2006-08-10 16:22:03 · answer #8 · answered by Cat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋