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second guesser

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables
sec-ond guess-er
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who second-guesses.

noun

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.

Slang

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Etymology

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.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

second guessers (plural) second-guesser (alternative)

Phrases

second-guess

Questions

What does second guesser mean?
A person who second-guesses.
Where does second guesser come from?
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.

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